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Pope Francis’s condition improves, prognosis no longer guarded: Vatican

Catholic worshippers pray as they walk towards St Peter's Square in the Vatican on March 10, 2025, the day the Vatican reported that Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia in hospital, was getting better [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

Pope Francis is responding well to hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors no longer fear for his life, the Vatican says.

The Vatican added on Monday that the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition was “stable” with doctors lifting their earlier prognosis of “guarded”, indicating he is now out of danger and could soon leave hospital.

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