Spread This NewsBy BBC  A STATUE of late Pope John Paul II stands outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is receiving medical treatment. Outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome stands a large ...

While Pope Francis' life is not in immediate danger, the level of multiple infections in his lungs means he is not completely ...

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Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities ...

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Pope Francis, in hospital for double pneumonia, is improving slightly, has no fever, and his blood analyses are stable, the ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis slept peacefully and ate breakfast after developing pneumonia in both his lungs.

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