‘Like time stopped’: memorial mass in Montreal pays tribute to Pope Francis

Hours after waking to watch Pope Francis being laid to rest, several dozen faithful paid a final tribute to the late pontiff at a memorial mass at Montreal’s Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral on Saturday. The downtown cathedral — a one-quarter replica of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome — has been at the centre of events in Montreal marking the passing of Pope Francis, who died on Easter…

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Pope Francis suffers new respiratory crises, back on ventilation: Vatican – National

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

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