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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alexander Butler

Pope Francis gives update from hospital bed after condition described as critical

Pope Francis has urged people to pray for him as he battled a serious pneumonia infection from his hospital bed in Rome.

The 88-year-old pontiff was rushed to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 14 February where he is fighting an infection in both lungs.

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