Members of the Latin American mission in Rome gather outside Rome's Gemelli hospital to pray for Pope Francis, who is slowly recovering from pneumonia. The 88-year-old pontiff marked one month in the hospital Friday, where doctors now consider his condition stable and slowly improving after a critical period marked by breathing crises that risked his life. Pope Francis is "a unifying figure for the Latin American people and for the whole world," says the mission's chaplain, Gerardo Garcia. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES