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AP PHOTOS: A month of Pope Francis's longest hospital stay with lenses focused everywhere he is not
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Rain falls on the auspicious candles with images of Pope Francis left outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where he is being treated for bilateral pneumonia in Rome, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday marked one month in the hospital where he is being treated for double pneumonia, with signs in recent days that indicate he is gradually recovering. The 88-year-old pope has not been seen by most faithful since a general audience on Feb. 12 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. Rollercoaster medical updates during the first three weeks of his treatment sparked an outpouring of concern from Catholics worldwide — and speculation about whether he had plans to resign.