Pope Francis is awake and sitting up amid health battle

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Pope Francis is awake and sitting up amid health battle

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woke up and was sitting in an armchair early Wednesday after another “peaceful night” at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, a ******** source said.

After resting earlier in the morning, the 88-year-old pontiff “woke up, is in armchair, Continues normal therapy,” a source from the Holy See said.

Francis is receiving treatment for

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and remained on the same oxygen therapy as previous days, the ******** added.

It was unclear whether the pontiff remained in critical condition.

On Tuesday, the ******** said that Francis continued to show a

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, despite remaining in critical condition. He had resumed work and was eating normally, the ******** added.

Francis was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 and was later diagnosed with double pneumonia, or pneumonia in both lungs. Additional CT scans were ordered Tuesday to monitor his lungs, while the pope’s prognosis remained “reserved,” church officials said.

Hundreds of people are joining a

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in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

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