The clinical condition of Pope Francis is ” stationary “The Vatican announced this Wednesday, February 19, adding that his” blood tests show a slight improvement, especially in terms of inflammatory indices ».
Hospitalized since Friday at the Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis, 88, has pneumonia affecting the two lungs. He can nevertheless get up and has a heart that “Resist very well”said a Vatican source earlier.
This morning, the Vatican wanted to be reassuring about François’ state of health, saying that he had “After a peaceful night, woke up and had breakfast.” Before lunch, he ” received the Eucharist ».
François, to whom the right pulmonary lobe has been removed when he was young, has contracted in recent days a “Polymicrobial infection, in a context of bronchitasis and asthmatic bronchitis”. His therapeutic treatment is ” complex “, According to a health bulletin published on Tuesday evening.
Meloni visit
These latest information has rekindled the concern around the health of the head of the Catholic Church, whose declining health is put to the test by an overloaded agenda.
Wednesday, he received ” for twenty minutes »The visit of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who found her ” alert “ et “Reactive”, And said he even “Joking” with him.
All Pope’s public activities were canceled until this weekend, including those related to the Jubilee of the Catholic Church, “Holy Year” celebrated once every 25 years.
If no official information has been given over its duration, this new hospitalization, the fourth in less than four years, could last two to three weeks, according to the Jesuit theologian Antonio Spadaro, close to the Pope.
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