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Pope Francis visited by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after 'restful' night

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Pope Francis took a visitor from a world leader but had a "restful" night at a Rome hospital as he battles pneumonia, the Holy See announced Wednesday.

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  1. UPI

    Pope Francis visited by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after 'restful' night (opens UPI)

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    Pope Francis took a visitor from a world leader but had a "restful" night at a Rome hospital as he battles pneumonia, the Holy See announced Wednesday.

  2. WHDH Boston

    Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital and says he’s in good spirits - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good

  3. Fox News

    Pope Francis shows slight improvement, receives visit from Italian PM Giorgia Meloni (opens Fox News)

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    Pope Francis showed a slight improve as he battles a case of pneumonia in an Italian hospital, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

  4. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital and says he's in good spirits (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in hospital Wednesday and reported he was ''alert and responsive'' and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for six days.

  5. America Magazine

    Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, ‘alert and responsive,’ according to Italian PM (opens America Magazine)

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    Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visited the pope today. In an official statement, she said that the pope was “alert and responsive” and “has not lost his legendary sense of humor.”

  6. Al Jazeera

    Pope’s tests show ‘slight improvement’ as Italy PM Meloni visits hospital (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Prime Minister Georgia Meloni says pope was ‘alert and responsive’ and cracking jokes during hospital visit.

  7. Fox News

    Italian Prime Minister Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital, says he's in good spirits (opens Fox News)

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    Following Pope Francis' diagnosis of pneumonia and a bronchial infection, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited him in hospital and reported he was in good spirits.

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