Pope Francis, who was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and admitted to a hospital in Rome with bronchitis last Friday, slept well overnight and ate breakfast on Wednesday, the Vatican said. A source at the institution said the pontiff was not suffering heart problems and was breathing on his own, without the aid of a respirator. They said he was sitting up in an armchair at times, and it was understood that he's under strict orders from his medical team to rest. https://cbsn.ws/4hIoxVV | C

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Our correspondent in Mongolia, Franco Piroli, offers a glimpse of the local Catholic community as Pope Francis travels to the Asian nation for a 4-day Apostolic Journey. | Vatican News

At the start of the third day of his papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis travels to the city of Erbil where he met with the President and the Prime Minister of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Pope's itinerary for Sunday include visits to Mosul and Qaraqosh. Read more at the Vatican News web portal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-francis-iraqi-kurdistan-erbil-apostolic-journey.html | Vatican News