Missing Jesuit showing signs of improvement

An Irish Jesuit who went missing for eight days in Rome and was eventually located in hospital remains in intensive care but is showing some signs of improvement.

Fr Bart Kiely, a Cork native, is responding to queries in English but not Italian — despite it being a language he is fluent in, having spent most of his adult life in Rome.

Fr Bart was tracked down to a hospital 28km outside Rome, beyond the initial catchment area searched by fellow Jesuits, family, and police following his disappearance.