Pope Francis is starting his 29th straight day in the hospital, a day after he marked the 12th anniversary of his elected pope following five ballots in a papal conclave.

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he received

Pope Francis is having to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his papacy in the hospital, as he's been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Valentine's Day, receiving treatment for bronchitis which developed into bilateral pneumonia.