Pope Francis’ health improves: Vatican

Vatican City: Thursday marked the 12th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and there was some good news for his followers as his health showed improvement. 

The 88-year-old Pope who is revered by the 2.4 billion Christians of the world, will mark his anniversary as election as the 266th Pope, from Rome’s Gemelli hospital where he has been treated for double pneumonia for almost a month. The Holy See hasn’t said how the anniversary, a public holiday in the Vatican, might be commemorated.

However, there was good news regarding the health of the Holy Father as a latest bulletin from the Vatican, that was released on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, said that his condition was improving and he was no longer in immediate danger. (IANS)

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