VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech at a conference in the Vatican Friday, saying he has not yet fully recovered from ...

Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, said he delegated the reading of a speech at a ceremony Saturday to an aide ... unable to read it because of bronchitis. I have asked Monsignor ...

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