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Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he’s not well and has aide read speech

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Pope Francis cancelled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip: He had to postpone a planned trip to Congo and South Sudan in 2022 because of knee inflammation, though he was able to make the trip earlier this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope cancels trip to Dubai for U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders after getting the flu

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A giant screen broadcasts Pope Francis coughing during the Angelus noon prayer, from the chapel of the hotel at the Vatican grounds where he lives, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go later this week to Dubai for the climate change conference. Francis skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, limiting appointments, Vatican says

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Pope Francis appears on a giant monitor set up in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, as he blesses the faithful gathered in the square for the traditional Angelus noon prayer. On Saturday, the Vatican said the pope, whose 87th birthday is next month, was taken to a Rome hospital to have a CT scan to rule out pulmonary complications following a light flu, and that the exam was negative. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go to Dubai this week for climate conference

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis smiles as he waves faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis cancels Saturday morning audiences due to mild flu, Vatican says

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Family members, from left, Alexandra Ariev, and Yuval Dancyg, attend a press conference at the Italian Jewish Center in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, with other representatives of the families of the Israelis abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 and believed to be held hostages in Gaza, shortly after they met with Pope Francis at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis meets with relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Transgender women Claudia Vittoria Salas from Argentina, left, Andrea Paola Torres Lopez from Colombia, also known as Consuelo, center, and Carla Segovia from Argentina speak as they sit in the Beata Vergine Immacolata parish church in Torvaianica, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope through a remarkable friendship with the pontiff forged during the darkest times of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

For this group of trans women, the pope and his message of inclusivity are a welcome change

By Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Ailing Pope Francis meets with European rabbis and condemns antisemitism, terrorism, war

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia. The Jesuits said Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 they had provided the diocese of Koper, Slovenia an “extensive letter” outlining the allegations against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik and notice that he had been convicted and excommunicated for committing one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis presides over a mass concelebrated by the new cardinals for the start of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Oct.4, 2023. Pope Francis is convening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off the table for discussion. Key agenda items include women's role in the church, welcoming LGBTQ+ Catholics, and how bishops exercise authority. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis is dead wrong on climate change, again

By Chris Talgo

Copies of Pope Francis' latest encyclical letter on environment "Laudate Deum" are on sale in a bookshop in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a "point of no return." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at U.N talks to slow global warming before it’s too late

By Nicole Winfield and Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Pope Francis is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron as arrives at the final session of the "Rencontres Mediterraneennes" meeting at the Palais du Pharo, in Marseille, France, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Francis, during a two-day visit, will join Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean region on discussions that will largely focus on migration. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports

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Pope Francis attends a welcome ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, at the State Palace in Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar. Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning for a four-day visit to encourage one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities. (AP Photo/Remo Casilli, pool)

Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of the church envisages doctrine developing over time. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ** FILE **

Pope Francis stirs fury among critical U.S. Catholics; faithful dispute ‘attitude’ problem

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a news conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Gen. Mark Milley meets with Pope Francis at Vatican, discusses casualties in Ukraine war

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernandez, archbishop of La Plata, officiates Mass at the Cathedral in La Plata, Argentina, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Fernandez was appointed by Pope Francis to head the Holy See's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina archbishop says he made mistakes in handling abuse allegations against priest

By Almudena Calatrava and Natacha Pisarenko - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives at the Vatican, on June 16, 2023, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. Pope Francis said Thursday, June 22, 2023, he was short of breath and still feeling the effects of anesthesia from abdominal surgery two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis short of breath, says he’s still feeling effects of anesthesia 2 weeks after surgery

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Pope Francis leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, June 16, 2023, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. The 86-year-old pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on June 7 for surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove intestinal scar tissue that had caused intestinal blockages. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Pope Francis leaves hospital after hernia surgery; no audiences through Sunday

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, June 16, 2023, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. The 86-year-old pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on June 7 for surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove intestinal scar tissue that had caused intestinal blockages. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after operation; surgeon says ‘he’s better than before’

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

In this image distributed by Vatican Media, Pope Francis visits the Pediatric Oncology ward of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome Thursday, June 15, 2023, where he's recovering from abdominal surgery since June 7. Francis, 86, underwent the operation to repair a hernia in the abdominal wall and to remove scar tissue that had formed following intestinal surgery in previous years. (Vatican Media via AP, ho)

Recovering Pope visits children’s cancer ward before Friday discharge from hospital

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