VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks battling double pneumonia, has spent another peaceful night and is now resting, the Vatican said on Friday.

Pope Francis has shown a "further, slight improvement" in his medical condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia. The pope is spending his 13th night at Rome's Gemelli hospital,

Pope Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for two weeks, after being admitted with a severe respiratory infection.

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the Vatican said on Monday.

Pope Francis, being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, slept well overnight and is resting, the Vatican said in a brief statement on Thursday. (Editing by Crispian Balmer) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

Pope Francis has something to say about that. The world is watching the health of the 88-year-old pope who before his weeks-long hospitalization often sparred with political leaders over their treatment of migrants.

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment, and that it was too soon to say how serious the incident was.

The development marked a setback in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors