A woman kneels at the foot of a statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Families wait under the closed window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from where Pope Francis, who was hospitalised on Friday, blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square after the Angelus every Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Faithful wait under the closed window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from where Pope Francis, who was hospitalised on Friday, blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square after the Angelus every Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Journalists report from outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday noon blessing of faithful. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Journalists report from outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday noon blessing of faithful. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A marble statue of late Pope John Paul II offers an advantage point to pidgeons in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Journalists report from outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A marble statue of late Pope John Paul II is engulfed by the shade cast by the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Votive candles bearing pictures of Jesus and Pope Francis with his motto in Italian: 'Don't let hope be stolen from you', are left outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)The window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from where Pope Francis, who was hospitalised on Friday, blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square after the Angelus every Sunday is closed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Faithful wait under the closed window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from where Pope Francis, who was hospitalised on Friday, blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square after the Angelus every Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Faithful wait under the closed window of the Apostolic Palace at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from where Pope Francis, who was hospitalised on Friday, blesses the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square after the Angelus every Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)People leave Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, after attending a mass for the Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture that was supposed to be presided over by Pope Francis before he was hospitalized on Friday, and which was instead presided over by Card. Jos Tolentino de Mendona, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education in St. Peter's Basilica, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A woman kneels at the foot of a statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection that made impossible for him to attend the traditional Sunday public blessing after the noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
