A woman walks past a picture of Pope John Paul II ahead of a prayer for Pope Francis at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

Faithful make the sign of the cross during a rosary vigil prayer for Pope John Paul II's health in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Friday, April 1,

Nuns pray in front of the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis continues his treatment for pneumonia, in Rome, Italy. Poplar trees next to Sefton Park Allotments in Liverpool cast long shadows in the evening sun.

Pigeons on a statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.

Candles are left at the foot of a marble monument of late Pope John Paul II outside Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic,

Photographer's shadows are cast on a marble statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, Thursday,

The 88-year-old pope who has been hospitalized in Rome since February 14, did not have any further respiratory crises overnight but it would take a couple of days to make the latest assessment of his health, according to Vatican News. Newsweek has contacted the Vatican for comment.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis ... and is known especially for often treating the late Pope John Paul II during his long papacy. Francis spent nine days at Gemelli in June 2023, when he had surgery to repair an abdominal hernia.

The Vatican said Francis developed pneumonia after new tests ... (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) A statue of Pope John Paul II is seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalised to ...

Pope Francis remains under treatment for a “polymicrobial” respiratory infection at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Nicknamed “Vatican III” by John Paul II, this medical complex has been welcoming ailing popes since the 20th century in what resembles a “small city.

Hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make some major governing decisions that suggest he is getting essential work done while remaining very much in charge.