The Vatican on Thursday said Pope Francis' health was improving and that he has resumed working while treatment continues. In the Flores neighborhood, many people reminisced about the pope, who has not been back to his homeland in the decade since he was chosen as pontiff. In the Buenos Aires Cathedral on Thursday morning, prayers were held for Pope Francis too, though his illness was cast as a just a "slight halt." Back in the neighborhood of Flores, 50-year-old housewife Marcela Borda said everyone was praying for his "speedy recovery". "It's good to pray for him, to ask for the strength he always had, and health, health for him and for everyone.

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