Pope Francis is having to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his papacy in the hospital, as he's been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Valentine's Day, receiving treatment for bronchitis which developed into bilateral pneumonia.

People who gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday to pray for Pope Francis got quite a surprise right at the start of the event. They unexpectedly heard an audio message from the pope himself,

Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail he is. The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope had a good night’s rest and woke up Friday morning just after 8 a.