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Pope Remains in Serious Condition

By Sylvia Poggioli, Alex Chadwick

Published March 31, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

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Church officials report that the condition of Pope John Paul II has worsened. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about the mood in Vatican City.

International

Sylvia Poggioli

Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's International Desk covering political, economic, and cultural news in Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Poggioli's on-air reporting and analysis have encompassed the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the turbulent civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and how immigration has transformed European societies.

Alex Chadwick

For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.

Pope Remains in Serious Condition

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