Dozens of children toting yellow and white balloons have gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis on his fifth week hospitalized with double pneumonia.

Pope Francis, who has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia at a hospital in Rome for over a month, will remain under medical care despite signs of gradual improvement, the Vatican announced Saturday evening,

Pope Francis is on his 29th straight day in the hospital, a day after he marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope.