Pope Francis is in good spirits, eating normally and continuing to receive treatment, Vatican sources have said.

Francis, who is being treated at Gemelli hospital for double pneumonia, also had blood tests that revealed mild kidney issues described as under control. The pope also has been receiving high-flow oxygen since experiencing an "asthma-like respiratory crisis of prolonged intensity" on Saturday.

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially worked himself into the hospital.

ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney insufficiency, the Vatican said.

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, the vicar for the Diocese of Rome,