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Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

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Nuns pray in front of a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 17, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are the laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

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