While prayers continue at the Vatican and around the world for the pope's recovery, his consistent improvement has led his doctors and the Vatican press office to stop issuing bulletins each day
Although the Vatican released a short audio message from him March 6, the photo of him in the chapel of his hospital suite was the first released since he went to Rome's Gemelli hospital
While his doctors' prognosis for the pope was "guarded" for more than three weeks after he was hospitalized Feb. 14, they lifted that designation March 10, indicating he was no longer in imminent danger from the infection that hospitalized him
In his Lenten message for 2025, Pope Francis invites Christians to reflect on their spiritual journey by identifying with the hardships of migrants, fostering compassion and embracing hope in God's promise of eternal life