Pope Francis is sitting upright and continuing to receive treatment for double pneumonia, more than a week after he was admitted to a hospital in Rome. The Vatican said the pope had a peaceful night and was sitting in his armchair on Wednesday receiving therapy.
Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be released from the hospital.
At a Mass in the cathedral of Buenos Aires on Sunday, numerous worshippers prayed for the ailing Pope Francis, who was born in the Argentinian capital. In front of the church where the pope used to work,
The Rev. Joe Ring, pastor of Our Saviour Catholic Church in Jacksonville, said that while there have not been any special prayers or Masses for Pope Francis, his congregation had prayed for the pontiff at each Sunday Mass since his hospitalization on Feb. 14.