His doctors said “the pope is fine” and “working,” though they cautioned he remains in significant danger as he fights a bout of double pneumonia.

Pope Francis isn’t at imminent risk of dying from his bout of pneumonia and his condition has improved slightly in recent days, although he isn’t yet in the clear, doctors at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital told reporters on Friday.

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical but not immediately life-threatening.