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After 3 weeks in hospital, we have heard from Pope Francis for the first time. The Pope releasing an audio message from the Juelli and playing it here tonight in front of the crowd at St.

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri ...

Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital ... following in the footsteps of his predecessor Benedict XVI. On Monday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's second-ranking official, told ...

Pope Francis is making his first public appearance in five weeks before being discharged on Sunday from the hospital where he survived a severe case of pneumonia that twice threatened his life and ...

Benedict XVI. On Monday, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin told reporters that he had noted an improvement in Francis’s health. But asked whether the conversation had turned to the pope ...

Pope will need two months of rest at Vatican, doctor says Francis, 88, was battling double pneumonia for five weeks Pope plans to offer blessing on Sunday from hospital room window VATICAN CITY ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ condition continued to improve Wednesday and he hasn’t needed to use the mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe, the Vatican said in signalling further ...

Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was "improving" after more than one month in hospital.

Pope Francis’s condition continued to improve Wednesday and he hasn't needed to use the noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night, the Vatican said.The 88-year-old pontiff ...

Benedict XVI. On Monday, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin told reporters that he had noted an improvement in Francis' health during a visit last week. But asked whether the conversation had ...