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A candle with a portrait of Pope Francis is seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalised to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Lab tests show that pope’s condition is ‘improving’, Vatican says

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A view of the main entrance of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Monday. Feb. 17, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope improving despite pneumonia diagnosis, sources say

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Saint Joseph Cathedral in the Diocese of Buffalo. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons.)

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People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Jan. 26, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

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Saint Joseph Cathedral in the Diocese of Buffalo. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons.)

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Pope Francis talks on the phone during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 17, 2023. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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