ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, working from his hospital room and going to his private chapel to pray, though doctors said he needs more days of “clinical stability” before they revise their guarded prognosis.

Pope Francis's condition was continuing to improve, the Vatican said Thursday (Feb 27), as the 88-year-old pontiff marked two weeks in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs.

The Vatican said Thursday that the pope's condition has improved further. "The Holy Father's clinical condition continued to improve today," the Vatican Press Office said of the 88-year-old Argentine pontiff,