On Friday, the pope appeared bloated and pale during the handful of audiences he held before going to the hospital.

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ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

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Before her appointment to the governorate, Sister Petrini worked at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from ...

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