Pope Francis, 88, read the newspapers and had breakfast on Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital where he is being treated for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said.
A candle with a picture of Pope Francis is seen on Friday outside Rome's Gemelli hospital where the Pope remains for tests and treatment for bronchitis.
The Argentine Pope, a known workaholic who keeps up a gruelling pace despite his many ailments, was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. It was his fourth hospitalization since his 2013 election and raised questions about his increasingly precarious health.
"Thank you for the affection, prayer and closeness with which you are accompanying me in these days," the post read.Francis had part of one lung removed after a lung infection when he was a young man and is prone to respiratory infections. In 2023, he spent three days at Gemelli to be treated for what he later revealed was an acute case of pneumonia.
Pope Francis hands over his speech to Monsignor Luis Maria Rodrigo, right, to read aloud, during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican last Wednesday, Feb. 12. The pontiff, who was diagnosed with bronchitis on Feb. 6, said he was having trouble breathing.
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