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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Joshua McElwee

The five words from a nurse that may have saved Pope Francis’s life

Pope Francis faced a near-death experience during his recent 38-day hospitalisation for pneumonia, according to the head of his medical team.

The 88-year-old pontiff's condition deteriorated to the point where doctors considered halting treatment to allow him to die peacefully.

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