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Ailing Pope Francis apologises for Vatican absence
By Joshua McElwee ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has spent the last two nights in hospital, apologised for missing a mass at the Vatican on Sunday, saying that he was still being treated for bronchitis and thanking his doctors for looking after him. …