Pope has good night in hospital despite respiratory infection – Vatican

Pope Francis is helped into his car at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection, a Vatican official said.

Further medical updates are expected later in the day.