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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Vatican City

Pope Francis remains ‘critical but stable’ in hospital with pneumonia

People praying during a nightly rosary in St Peter's Square in the Vatican
Thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square in Rome on Monday night to pray for the pope’s health. Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 12 days battling pneumonia and other ailments, remains in a “critical but stable” condition, the Vatican has said.

The pontiff, 88, has not suffered further “acute respiratory episodes” and tests checking blood circulation “continue to be stable”.

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