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Update: Pope Francis remains in ‘critical’ condition but has shown ‘slight improvement’

Catholic leader remains alert, doctors say, after respiratory crisis.

(James Hill | The New York Times) A woman prays at the statue of St. John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. The 88-year-old pontiff was resting on Monday, the Vatican said.