Employees of the Gemelli Polyclinic prayed at the Vatican for the health of Pope Francis, who has been in the hospital for two weeks. Instead of the planned audience, a Mass was held at St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no repeat of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church is still receiving oxygen,