Pope rests as the Vatican marks another Holy Year event without him
Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Sunday after doctors reported some positive news: after more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to treatment and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.
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Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Sunday after doctors reported some positive news: after more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to treatment and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.
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00:00Pope Francis continued his recovery Sunday for double pneumonia after doctors reported
00:06some positive news.
00:08After more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old Pope is responding well to
00:13treatment and has shown a gradual slight improvement in recent days.
00:20Since few weeks, the Pope has been hospitalized here at Gemelli Hospital, so as a community
00:25we decided to correspond to what is usually his final request on every Angelus, that
00:30is to remember to always pray for him.
00:33We as a community, we corresponded by trying to correspond to his requests and to pray
00:38for his health, hoping that sooner or later he will be again at St. Peter's Square together.
00:44For the fourth Sunday in a row, the Pope did not appear for his weekly non-blessing, though
00:48the Vatican planned to distribute the texts he would have delivered if he were well enough.
00:54The Argentine Pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as
00:59a young man, has remained stable, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood
01:05for several days, doctors reported in a Vatican statement on Saturday.