- Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia and the onset of slight kidney failure, but he remains alert, the Vatican said on Monday.
The 88-year-old pontiff was spending his 11th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, equaling the longest hospital stay of his nearly 12-year papacy.
A Vatican official, who did not wish to be named because he was not authorised to speak about the pope’s condition,
