
Pope shows ‘surprising improvement’ after life-threatening bout of illness: Doctor
Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday. “I find him very lively,’’ Dr Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday,…