His doctors said “the pope is fine” and “working,” though they cautioned he remains in significant danger as he fights a bout of double pneumonia.

Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health issues.

Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death but is not yet cured, one of his doctors, Sergio Alfieri, said on Friday. "Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is 'is he in danger of death',