- A Catholic woman attends a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A man lights a candle inside the St. Paul’s Outside The Walls Basilica in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Trumpeter Felice Carella is silhouetted as he plays the song Ave Maria for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Catholic faithful attend a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re leads a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Catholic faithful attend a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Catholic faithful attend a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Catholic faithful attend a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Trumpeter Felice Carella and singer Davide Capuano play the song Ave Maria for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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A Catholic woman attends a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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For the second day in a row, doctors did not say Francis was in critical condition.
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