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Pope Francis, slowing down as he ages, appoints personal medical assistant
POPE Francis has appointed a nurse from the Vatican’s health services to be his “personal medical assistant”, the Vatican said on Thursday, in an indication that the pontiff accepts that he will need more care as he ages.Speaking to reporters on the plane returning from a trip to Canada on Saturday, the 85-year-old pope said his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy.In a statement on Thursday the Vatican identified the assistant as Massimiliano Strappetti, coordinator of nurses and the health facilities of the Vatican, a sovereign state surrounded by Rome.The position of “personal medical assistant” did not exist previously in this papacy,

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