VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has shown a 'further, slight improvement' in his medical condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday (Feb 26), in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia. The pope is spending his 13th night at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the longest hospital stay of his nearly 12-year-old papacy.
Images of Pope Francis are seen outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, Feb 26, 2025.VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has shown a "further, slight improvement" in his medical condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday , in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia.
The pope, it said, is continuing to receive oxygen but has not experienced any further respiratory crises. A CT scan of his chest, performed on Tuesday, "showed a normal evolution" of the inflammation in his lungs, it added. A Vatican official, who did not wish to be named because he was not authorised to discuss the pope's condition, said earlier on Wednesday that Francis was alert through the day and was able to eat normally and move about his hospital room.Francis, who has been pope since 2013, is originally from Argentina and is the first Catholic pontiff from the Americas. On Tuesday evening, many in Rome's Argentinian community gathered at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church to pray for him.
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