Thousands of Argentines gathered at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan to pray for Pope Francis' recovery from pneumonia. The pope, hospitalized for over a month, was shown breathing unassisted in a recent Vatican photo.

Thousands of Argentines, many from poor neighborhoods around the capital, gathered on Sunday at a church on the outskirts of Buenos Aires to pray for Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a month.

As worshipers entered the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Washington for the noon Mass March 2, they saw at the base of the sanctuary a large portrait of a bespectacled, smiling Pope Francis, with a vase in front of portrait bearing flowers in gold and white – the colors of the Vatican flag.

Dozens of children toting yellow and white balloons gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis on his fifth Sunday hospitalized with double pneumonia. While the pope did not

Dozens of children pray for Pope Francis' recovery as he remains in hospital Pope Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The 88-year-old pontiff shows gradual improvement but still requires hospitalisation.