Pope spends second night ‘serenely’ in hospital

Pope Francis meets children at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Wednesday March 29 2023 (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope Francis spent his second night in a Rome hospital “serenely” as he receives antibiotics intravenously to treat bronchitis, the Vatican has said.

A Vatican official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information was not a formal Holy See statement, said there will be an update on the Francis’s hospital stay later on Friday.