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Pope Francis has appeared at the window of the hospital in Rome for the first time since being admitted on 14 February. The 88-year-old pontiff will be discharged on Sunday and will need at least ...

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Shortly before returning to his home in the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis made a brief appearance from a fifth-floor balcony of the Gemelli Clinic in Rome to a crowd of faithful gathered outside ...

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