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President Donald Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has US religious institutions on high alert.

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Worshippers recite the rosary for the Pope in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Monday night.

Vatican starts nightly prayers for ‘slightly improved’ Pope

Vatican No.2 Cardinal Pietro Parolin led the first night of prayers in St Peter’s Square for the Pope, who remains in a critical condition in hospital.

  • Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas
An image of Pope Francis is seen among candles in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, on Sunday.

Pope Francis resting after early stages of kidney failure detected

Doctors have said the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease.

  • Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis presides over a mass in St Peter’s Square on February 9.

‘I have trouble breathing’: Headstrong Pope refused to slow down, observers say

In the days before he was admitted to hospital, Francis held multiple meetings and public events, including outdoors.

  • Elisabetta Povoledo
Surgeon Sergio Alfieri speaks to journalists inside Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia.

Pope Francis not yet cured, but not in danger of death, doctor says

The pope’s medical team said he able to get out of bed and sit in an armchair to do some work, but predicted he would remain in hospital “at least” through the coming next week.

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, last Wednesday.

Pope has pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican says

New tests have shown a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff, who the Vatican says is in good spirits in hospital.

  • Nicole Winfield
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church financial council secretary Noel Sweeney said the parish couldn’t afford the $700,000 renovation required to make heritage protected buildings on church grounds usable again.

Asbestos, termites and red tape: Church battles to demolish heritage-listed hall

A Brisbane church has asked the city council for clearance to demolish the historic hall, which it can’t afford to repair.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Paul Levey was one of Ridsdale’s victims.

‘I hope he rots in hell’: Paul’s relief over death of notorious paedophile priest

The 90-year-old disgraced Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale had been in prison since 1994 for sexually abusing more than 70 children.

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, last Wednesday.

Pope’s treatment changed due to ‘complex’ clinical situation, Vatican says

The 88-year-old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to hospital last Friday.

  • Joshua McElwee

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