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Francis died from stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday, the Vatican said, after battling a protracted illness. The burial of a pope typically occurs between the fourth and sixth day after death, according to norms first established in 1966 and reaffirmed in later ritual updates. This time frame allows for several essential rites and traditions. On […]
Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery to remove half his colon. Francis, 84, sat in the passenger seat of the Ford car, which left Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic around 10:45 a.m. (0845 GMT; 4:45 a.m. EDT). He made a stop […]
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