2 h. ago Pope Francis’ special message for doctors who saved his life

The 88-year-old pontiff spoke softly, but was breathing without oxygen

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3 d. ago Pope Francis makes surprise appearance and seems in improved health as he is wheeled round St Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass

The pope was holding a bouquet of flowers and wheeled in to the ceremony in Vatican City, in which more than 30,000 people had gathered, as he recovers from double pneumonia.

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6 d. ago King Charles and Pope Francis exchange touching words at private meeting in Italy after public meet

The meeting took place at Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, Italy, where the Pope has been convalescing for more than two weeks after being released from Gemelli Hospital.

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2 w. ago How Pope Francis has been spending his days after pneumonia battle

The Vatican has provided new insight into the pope’s convalescence after his five-week hospital stay

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3 w. ago The five words from a nurse that may have saved Pope Francis’s life

He was so unwell doctors considered letting him die, but were persuaded to keep going

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3 w. ago Pope came so close to death that doctors nearly stopped treatment

Five words from Francis’s personal nurse inspired the medical team to keep going

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3 w. ago Pope Francis health latest: Pontiff arrives home at the Vatican following his first public appearance after five weeks in hospital

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

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3 w. ago Pope Francis makes first appearance from window of Rome hospital ahead of discharge

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3 w. ago Pneumonia: What are the main symptoms and how dangerous is it?

As Pope Francis leaves hospital, what is pneumonia, the condition he has beaten?

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3 w. ago Pope Francis health latest: Pontiff appears on hospital balcony to speak as he is set to be discharged from hospital

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

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3 w. ago Pope Francis will appear in public on SUNDAY as Vatican issues health update on the 88

Pope Francis will make his first public appearance since being admitted to hospital more than a month ago when he offers a blessing and a wave from Rome's Gemelli hospital

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3 w. ago Close advisers to Pope Francis issue latest health update on the Pontiff

The 88-year-old has spent almost five weeks in Rome's Gemelli Hospital after a complex lung infection turned into pneumonia in both lungs

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3 w. ago Vatican says Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical help to breathe as his health improves

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night

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4 w. ago King Charles's historic meet with 'fragile' Pope Francis WILL go ahead despite health fears

King Charles will become the first British monarch to visit the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome during a planned tour next month of Italy to meet Pope Francis

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