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JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ...

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And who else helps lead the Holy See? The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City. Who are the most powerful people ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical ...

the Vatican said. Doctors did not resume referring to Francis in “critical condition," which has been absent from their statements for three days. In Mexico City, a few dozen people gathered ...

Nevertheless, his near-term upcoming calendar of events was being changed: The Vatican cancelled a Holy Year audience scheduled for Saturday, and it remained to be seen if Francis would skip his ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ condition showed “a further, slight improvement”, the Vatican said on Feb 26, while continuing to maintain the prognosis for the 88-year-old fighting pneumonia ...

Several nations, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Malta, Monaco, Vatican City, and Djibouti, face challenges maintaining ...

The air resonated with chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' as helicopters added to the grand spectacle of faith by showering flower petals over the pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh where the footfall over the past ...