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Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ’60s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby, has died at 87. Her death was announced Thursday by her friend and publicist Ron Roberts, who did not immediately provide additional details. Francis was a top performer of the pre-Beatles era, rarely off …

ਰੋਮ, 22 ਅਪਰੈਲ ਆਮ ਲੋਕ ਭਲਕੇ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਤੱਕ ਸੇਂਟ ਪੀਟਰਜ਼ ਬੇਸਿਲਿਕਾ (St. Peter’s Basilica) ਵਿੱਚ ਪੋਪ ਫਰਾਂਸਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਤਿਮ ਸ਼ਰਧਾਂਜਲੀ ਭੇਟ ਕਰ ਸਕਣਗੇ। ਇਹ ਗੱਲ ਵੈਟੀਕਨ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਬਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਹੀ ਹੈ। ਗ਼ੌਰਤਲਬ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੈਥੋਲਿਕ ਈਸਾਈ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਧਰਮ ਗੁਰੂ ਦੇ ਅਹੁਦੇ ਉਤੇ ਬਿਰਾਜਮਾਨ …

Canada’s political leaders are remembering Pope Francis as a humble leader with a deep moral obligation and the spiritual courage to help the world’s most vulnerable. “Today, the world lost a man who profoundly touched the lives of billions of people,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a campaign stop in …

Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the head of the Pope’s medical team said. After a breathing crisis on Feb. 28 that involved Francis nearly choking …

A weak and frail Pope Francis left the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, giving a thumbs up to an adoring crowd and taking a detour to go pray at a Rome-area church before returning home to the Vatican. A motorcade carrying the 88-year-old Pope …

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of the Pope in more than a month, showing Francis co-celebrating Mass in the hospital chapel. The photograph is taken from behind, and shows Pope Francis wearing a purple stole sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar. Francis has not …

Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, doctors said Monday, but they have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment. In a late update, the doctors said the …

Pope Francis on Thursday thanked well-wishers ‘from the bottom of my heart’ in his first audio message since being hospitalized for double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago. The brief message recorded by Francis from Rome’s Gemelli hospital earlier in the day was played during a nightly prayer service for the …

Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises on Monday and was put back on non-invasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle with pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs during two bronchoscopies, in which a camera-tipped tube is sent down into …

Pope Francis, who is battling double pneumonia in hospital, had a “tranquil” night and rested, the Vatican said on Sunday. The Vatican later said Francis was conscious, continuing to receive supplemental oxygen and that further clinical tests were being conducted. A more detailed medical update was expected later Sunday. The …