<span class="ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter">P</span>ope Francis will be hospitalized for several days with a lung infection after experiencing difficulty breathing over the last few days. 

The pope, 86, was taken to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Wednesday, after intending to conduct "some previously planned tests" at the same hospital, <a class="Link" href="https://catholicreview.org/pope-returns-to-gemelli-hospital-for-tests-vatican-says/" target="_blank">according</a> to the Vatican. He does not have COVID-19, according to spokesman Matteo Bruni. 

<i>This is a breaking story and will be updated.</i>

Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days with a lung infection after experiencing difficulty breathing over the last few days.

Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory infection

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