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Ailing pope 'rested well' but misses start of Lent

Pope Francis leads the vespers at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on February 1, 2025. [AFP]

Pope Francis's condition was stable on Wednesday as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican source said, with celebrations for the Lent religious season starting without him.

The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church has suffered a worrying series of respiratory attacks since his admission to the Gemelli in Rome on February 14, the most recent on Monday.

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