VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia.
Francis has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks. He was admitted on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.
In its latest medical update, the Vatican said the pope’s doctors had decided to lift an earlier “guarded” prognosis, meaning the pontiff was no longer in immediate danger.
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