VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis was doing physiotherapy Saturday after passing a quiet night, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old head of the global Catholic Church battles pneumonia.

Francis “is going on with treatment and physiotherapy this morning”, the Vatican said, having earlier issued a briefing which simply said his night had been “calm”.

The pontiff, has been in a special papal suite at Rome´s Gemelli hospital since February 14. He is still in a “complex clinical condition” so “the prognosis remains guarded”, it said Friday.