In his Angelus message delivered from Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis expressed gratitude to medical staff and called for prayers for Ukraine on the eve of the war's third anniversary.

The update to Francis’s condition came Sunday in the written text of his regular Angelus prayer after he had been listed as “critical” on Saturday.

Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said Sunday. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni's one-line statement didn't mention if Francis was up or eating breakfast.