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Pope Francis has acknowledged the many well-wishes the 86-year-old has received while he’s being treated in a Rome hospital for a respiratory infection.
In his first tweet acknowledging his illness, Francis said: “I am touched by the many messages received in these hours and I express my gratitude for the closeness and prayer.”
The pontiff’s health is “progressively improving” and he is working from the hospital, the Vatican said on Thursday. “His Holiness Pope Francis rested well during the night. The clinical picture is progressively improving and the planned treatments continue. This morning after breakfast, he read some newspapers and went back to work,” Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said on a statement.
“Before lunch he went to the little chapel of the private apartment, where he gathered in prayer and received the Eucharist.”
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2023-03-30 07:43:12
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