Pope Francis undergoing treatment for respiratory infection
Posted on AllSides March 30th, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Pope Francis is in the hospital Thursday morning undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection. The Vatican says the pope does not have COVID-19. The 86-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been having trouble breathing in recent days. He will spend the next few days at this hospital in Rome. In 1936, doctors removed part of a lung when he was 21 years old because of a respiratory infection. "The universal church is deeply blessed by his ministry. He is a man of deep compassion, humility,...