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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Pope Francis to stay in hospital because of ‘complex clinical picture’

Pope Francis
Pope Francis was admitted to hospital in Rome on Friday with worsening bronchitis. Photograph: ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Pope Francis will remain in hospital for as long as required after tests undertaken in recent days showed a “complex clinical picture”, the Vatican has said.

The pontiff, 88, was admitted to Gemelli hospital in Rome on Friday with worsening bronchitis and was diagnosed and treated for a respiratory tract infection.

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