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Pope Visits Ailing Argentine Cardinal in Hospital

Pope Francis on Friday made a surprise visit to a Rome hospital to cheer up a fellow Argentine, a cardinal who had a heart attack the day the pontiff was elected. Vatican Radio says the staff at Pius XI clinic on the outskirts of Rome applauded when Francis arrived unexpectedly in the afternoon to visit 90-year-old Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia. It was the pope himself who announced that Mejia had suffered a heart attack on Wednesday, the day Francis became the first Latin American...Full Story
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