The Vatican No. 2 led faithful in a somber night-time prayer on Monday as Pope Francis continued to battle pneumonia in both lungs at a hospital in Rome.

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and will keep him hospitalized for at least another week.

Pope Francis’ condition poses no immediate threat to his life though he remains at risk after a week in the hospital for treatment of pneumonia, doctors said.

Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory

The Vatican late Thursday reported a “slight improvement” in his overall clinical condition, with his heart working well.

According to the one-line morning bulletin Friday, “The night went well, this morning Pope Francis got up and had breakfast.” Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened;

Doctors say pneumonia in such a fragile, elderly patient makes him particularly prone to complications given the difficulty in being able to effectively expel fluid from his lungs

Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, sources tell CBS News.

Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff's recovery.

Pope Francis is “alert and responsive” as he remains hospitalized with pneumonia, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said after visiting the pontiff.

The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded. A CT chest scan taken Tuesday evening showed the “normal evolution” of an infection as it is being treated.