Pope improves but faces further week in hospital
The 84-year-old pontiff has not suffered any more breathing spasms, the Holy See said, but he may have to spend up to a week in the hospital to fully recover.
In a further sign that the Pope's health had stabilised, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the Vatican would not issue another medical bulletin until noon today. The Holy See has said the Pope would spend a few more days at Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic hospital.
