Pope Francis is showing a "good response" to his treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors have determined his prognosis is no longer guarded, the Vatican said on Monday. Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks.

Pope Francis' condition has improved as doctors upgraded his prognosis, saying the 88-year-old is no longer in imminent danger from the double pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for almost a month.