Pope Francis returns home after hospital stay fighting life-threatening illness
The 88-year-old made his first public appearance in five weeks at the hospital on Sunday after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
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The 88-year-old made his first public appearance in five weeks at the hospital on Sunday after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14.
In a sign of his improved health, Pope Francis followed the Vatican's weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday.
The 88-year-old pope has remained stable, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood for several days, doctors said.
Pope Francis, hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, suffered two acute respiratory failures, requiring intervention, the Vatican says.
Pope Francis experienced a "sudden worsening of the respiratory picture" Friday, the Vatican said.
The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the Catholic Church.
In a late update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff remains alert and "well-oriented."
The update came after a Vatican spokesman said the Pope "rested well" overnight.
Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, sources tell CBS News.
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Doctors are tweaking their treatment of Pope Francis, the 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church, as he battles a respiratory tract infection.
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