Pope Francis defies doctor’s orders in lead-up to death | ABC NEWS
Pope Francis’s death has stunned and left more than a billion Catholics around the world in mourning only one day after his public appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. The late pontiff defied doctor’s orders to rest after surviving a near-fatal battle with double pneumonia and engaged in a series of public engagements in the lead-up to his death.
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