Pope expected to leave hospital Saturday - Vatican

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 31 - Pope Francis is expected to leave Rome's Gemelli hospital, which he was admitted to on Wednesday with respiratory problems, on Saturday, the Vatican said on Friday.
    "Yesterday's day passed well, with a normal clinical course," said Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office.
    "In the evening Pope Francis had dinner, eating pizza, together with those who are assisting him during these days of his hospital stay: with the Holy Father were the doctors, nurses, assistants and staff of the Gendarmerie "His Holiness is expected to return to the Santa Marta home (inside the Vatican) tomorrow, upon the outcome of the results of the last examinations this morning." On Thursday Bruni had said that Francis, 86, has experienced a "marked improvement in his state of health" after being treated with antibiotics for viral bronchitis. (ANSA).