Vatican City, April 1, 2025 (AFP) - Convalescing Pope Francis's condition improving: Vatican

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A chest X-ray has confirmed a "slight improvement" in Pope Francis's lungs as he recovers from five weeks in hospital with life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The 88-year-old Catholic leader left Rome's Gemelli hospital on March 23 after a stay in which doctors said he had almost died twice, returning to the Vatican for a convalescence of at least two months. The Vatican press office said a chest X-ray carried out in recent d......

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