Vatican LIVE: Anxious Prayers as Pope Francis Lingers in Critical Condition | Vatican Saint | N18G

LIVE: Vatican Says Pope Francis Is In Critical Condition: 'Remains Alert But Is In More Pain' | CNBC TV18 Holy Mass at St Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the Jubilee of Deacons, presided over by Msgr. Rino Fisichella Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization. Vatican secretary of state meets Pope Francis in hospital over candidates for sainthood Live outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome (AP) and St Peter’s Square in Vatican City (Vatican Media). Vatican City is an anxious place. Clergy keep their phones by their pillows. Reporters, crammed in the Holy See press office, open emails with trepidation. Faithful have begun to gather expectantly in St. Peter’s Square. All await terse bulletins from the Vatican on the condition of Pope Francis, who remains critical after being taken to a hospital 11 days ago with bronchitis that developed into pneumonia in both lungs. On Monday afternoon, hours before the Vatican reported a “slight improvement,” the phones of Vatican officials buzzed with texts falsely reporting Francis’ death. Francis, who now has the beginnings of kidney failure and infections, may yet recover, though the prognosis is not promising, doctors say. For veterans of papal transitions, the daily health bulletins, the influx of global media, the rampant speculation and the special prayer services have a familiar and ominous feel. #popefrancis #vatican #pope #rome #vaticancity #livenews #cnbctv18