Doctor says Pope Francis not out of danger but condition ‘not life-threatening’

Candles are left at the foot of a marble statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia. Picture: Domenico Stinellis/AP

Pope Francis’ condition is not life-threatening, but he is not out of danger, his medical team said, as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis.

Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope’s condition on Friday, saying that he will remain hospitalised at least all of next week.