Pope Stable, But Staying in Hospital - Vatican
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Pope John Paul's fragile health  stabilized on Wednesday after urgent medical treatment for  severe breathing difficulties, but he will have to remain in  hospital for the time being, the Vatican said.
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Pope John Paul II will leave hospital on Thursday, "cured" of his throat spasms, the Vatican says.
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Pope John Paul II's health continues to improve and he has begun eating, the Vatican said Friday, but it would not say if the pope would give his weekly Sunday address from the hospital, where he's being treated for the flu and respiratory troubles.
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Pope John Paul II is doing well after leaving the hospital and should be able to continue with his work within a few days, a top Italian cardinal said in comments published Saturday.
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Yasser Arafat is in stable condition in a  French military hospital and not in a coma, a senior aide to  the ailing Palestinian leader said early on Sunday.
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Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was in stable condition Friday following a procedure to unblock a coronary artery, his office said.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remained critically ill and unconscious at a military hospital near here Friday, but hospital officials said his condition had not deteriorated.
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Pope John Paul II vowed Sunday to continue his mission despite his latest health crisis, telling the faithful from the hospital in a message read by an archbishop that he was grateful for their prayers and affection.
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Pope John Paul II is "quite well" after spending a peaceful night in hospital, a Vatican source says.
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Pope John Paul has recovered from  his breathing problems and will leave hospital later on  Thursday, the Vatican said.
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Pope John Paul's health is  improving and he hopes to be strong enough to make his weekly  address as usual Sunday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said  Friday.
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Pope Benedict XVI did not intend to offend Muslims with remarks about holy war, the Vatican said Thursday, scrambling to defend the pontiff as anger built in the Islamic world over his comments during a trip to Germany.
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Pope John Paul II is well enough to deliver a traditional Sunday blessing from hospital, the Vatican says.
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Pope John Paul was rushed to  hospital with breathing difficulties on Tuesday night after a  bout of influenza suddenly worsened.
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ROME -- Catholics gathered at St. Peter's in the Vatican and in local churches last night to wait anxiously for word on the health of 84-year-old Pope John Paul II, who spent his second night in the hospital with breathing trouble triggered by a bout of influenza.
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The pope has a light fever and will spend a few more days in the hospital, but "there is no cause for alarm," a spokesman said.
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Pope John Paul's health has  stabilized recently, so much so that the Pontiff has expressed  a desire to make at least two major trips abroad next year,  including one to Northern Ireland.