Pope Francis still receiving oxygen therapy, will not read Sunday prayers: Vatican

Pope Francis still receiving oxygen therapy, will not read Sunday prayers: Vatican

Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, 2025

Pope Francis thanks supporters in audio message

The Holy Father sends his thanks to those all over the world who unified in prayer as he battles illness.

Pope Francis waves to believers as he leaves the Cercle Cite after a meeting with Luxembourg's prime minister during a four-day apostolic journey in Luxembourg and Belgium in Luxembourg city on Sept. 26, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)

A woman places a rosary at the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, Feb. 22, 2025. (REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri)

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis speaks during the Ash Wednesday Mass, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Italy, March 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)