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Pope spent 'calm night' in hospital: Vatican

Pilgrims walk with a wooden cross at St Peter's square in The Vatican as Pope Francis is still hospitalized with pneumonia and will not lead the Angelus prayer on March 02, 2025.[Photo, AFP]

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for more than two weeks with double pneumonia, spent a "calm night", the Vatican said on Sunday, after reporting he was in a stable condition.

"The pope is still resting," the Holy See said in its latest health update on the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church.

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