Pope Francis was reported to be in good spirits Tuesday after the Vatican declared he was out of danger and could even be discharged in the near future after almost one month in hospital with pneumonia. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14 with pneumonia in both lungs and has suffered several
Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment. In a late update, the doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent
Pope Francis, hospitalised for weeks with double pneumonia, continues to improve and the 88-year-old's prognosis is no longer considered uncertain, the Vatican said Monday. "The clinical conditions of the Holy Father continue to be stable," it said in a statement. "The improvements recorded in the previous days have been further consolidated, as confirmed
Pope Francis passed a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, after revealing that the 88-year-old was responding well to treatment for pneumonia. "The night was calm, the pope is resting", the Vatican said in its brief morning update on the Argentine, who has been in a special papal suite at Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14. The
If there is an issue that is most politically acrimonious and controversial, it is migration. The political spectrum of most countries in Europe and the US has been rocked beyond imagination by the polarisation that the issue has created. The far right is on a meteoric rise in several countries. Centrist parties had to take a tougher stand on migration
As he recovers from pneumonia in the hospital, Pope Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day responsibilities to cardinals as questions swirl about the near and long-term future of his papacy. On Saturday, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, took Francis' place to celebrate Mass for an anti-abortion group. On Sunday,