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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Pope Francis expected to leave hospital on Saturday after being admitted with chest infection

Pope Francis is expected to be discharged from hospital on Saturday after he was admitted with a chest infection.

The 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised in Rome on Wednesday suffering from bronchitis, and doctors said he was being treated with intravenous antibiotics

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