Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. And he has personally directed that his doctors provide the fairly detailed daily updates that have punctuated his own battle with pneumonia.

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis is recovering and is now out of danger after several health crises.

The pope’s doctors report that given that his “clinical condition continues to be stable” and “the improvements of recent days,” they have removed “the guarded prognosis” that they have retained throughout these past 25 days.

Pope Francis’s health has stabilized and he is no longer in imminent danger of dying after pneumonia forced the pontiff to be hospitalized for almost a month.

Pope Francis, at 88 years old, remains in a 'guarded' health condition 23 days after being hospitalized on February 14th.

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Pope Francis is showing a "good response" to his treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors have determined his prognosis is no longer guarded, the Vatican said on Monday. Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks.

Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, doctors said Monday.

Pope Francis' condition has improved as doctors upgraded his prognosis, saying the 88-year-old is no longer in imminent danger from the double pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for almost a month.

Doctors are still cautious and have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment, not to mention a period of rehabilitation he will likely need.