Vatican says chest X-ray confirms improvements in the pope’s condition

The pope is recovering, with X-rays showing an improvement in his condition (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A chest X-ray has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis’s condition in his fourth week in hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

Doctors have said Francis is making slow, gradual improvements and this week declared that he is no longer in imminent danger of death.