Vatican City • Pope Francis has improved enough to no longer be considered in imminent danger from pneumonia and other infections, the Vatican said Monday, but added that he would require more days of treatment in the Rome hospital where he has been for nearly a month.

Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia.

The opinion of the doctors at Gemelli arrived only late in the evening, included in a sparse bulletin that took a little longer than usual, although this time it finally contained more than

The Pope’s doctors said he was no longer in immediate danger of death on Monday. An evening statement from the Holy See Press Office said he had remained

According to the Vatican, Pope Francis is responding well to treatment for double pneumonia and is no longer in immediate danger. He remains in the hospital for further medical treatment and continues

The Vatican says Pope Francis is out of immediate danger and could even be sent home in the near future. He has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks with pneumonia in both lungs.

Doctors are still cautious and have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment, not to mention a period of rehabilitation he will likely need.

The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some important milestones in his papacy: The 12th anniversary Thursday of his election as pope and a near-record in hospital stays for a pontiff.

Vatican officials say that Pope Francis's medical condition has improved and that he is currently “out of danger from death," as of Monday evening.