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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis was well enough to read the Angelus prayer from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Friday, speaking unaided for the first time since suffering from an acute lung inflammation two weeks ago. Marking the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception, the pope later visited the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, and also read a prayer during a ceremony at a monument to the Virgin Mary in the city’s Piazza di Spagna. The pontiff, who turns 87 this month, had asked aides to help read his prayers and messages since late last month and cancelled…

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