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The Vatican expressed optimism over Pope Francis’s improving health, raising hopes for his early discharge from hospital, as the 88-year-old pontiff continues to recover steadily from pneumonia that followed a…

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, remained stable throughout the day and did not have any new respiratory crises, the Vatican said. Francis, 88, had suffered two episodes of…

Pope Francis was taken to hospital on Friday with bronchitis and he will skip several planned public events over the next three days, the Vatican said, after the 88-year-old pontiff…