Pope Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection, and was up eating and reading Saturday, the Vatican said.
Francis, 88, ate breakfast Saturday morning and read the newspapers while continuing his drug therapy, spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
It was his fourth hospitalization since his 2013 election and raised questions about his increasingly precarious health.
