Instead, the Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere. “From here,

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Francis had inhaled “copious” amounts of mucus in another setback in what has become a more than two-week battle to overcome a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia.

When Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Vatican March 3, Russia’s war on Ukraine was a key topic on the agenda.

Pope Francis issued a new message from the hospital on Monday as Vatican officials begged him to let his voice be heard after disappearing from public view for over two weeks as he recovers from pneumonia.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had to engage in "substantive" diplomacy to bring to a rapid end the three-year-old war with Russia, and he hoped to be able to rely on U.S. support in securing peace.

Today’s update from the pope’s doctors dispels the widespread alarm by Friday’s bronchial spasm. An informed Vatican source confirmed that “there have been no negative consequences from that crisis.”

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis remains in stable condition and has stopped requiring mechanical ventilation, showing progress after a recent respiratory crisis. The 88-year-old is still receiving high-flow oxygen but has avoided any further complications from pneumonia.