Doctors on Friday said the 88-year-old Francis is "not out of danger" ​and that the main threat facing him would be the onset of sepsis.

The Vatican is carrying on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope. Pope Francis remains hospitalized with pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection.

Pope Francis is showing improvement, is alert and doing some work, the Vatican said on Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff began his eighth day in hospital battling pneumonia.