Pope Francis’ health has improved slightly, but it remains in a critical condition, the Vatican said in a medical update.
On Sunday, it was said that the Pope’s condition was critical with respiratory and kidney problems.
But the Vatican has now said that the “light” kidney problem is not a cause for concern, more than a week after being admitted to the hospital.
“Even today, there were no episodes of asthmatic respiratory attacks; some laboratory tests improved,” the Vatican said in Vecernji Bulletin about the health of an 88-year-old.
The Pope continued a job on Monday and called the priest of the parish of Gaza “to express his father’s closeness,” Vatican added.
The Pope has oxygen therapy, but doctors “cautiously did not discover the prognosis,” the statement said.
SaturdayThe Vatican said that the Pope had a respiratory crisis and was in a “critical” condition, but later announced an update on Sunday that he “did not present further respiratory crises.”
Earlier on Sunday, Pope issued a statement asking Catholics to pray for him After the second week failed to deliver the traditional prayer of Angelus.
And on Monday at 9:00 pm (20:00 GMT), those cardinals who are in Rome will gather outside the Basilica of St. Peter to guide the prayers for the Pope, together with members of the Vatican Cow and the clergy from the Roman Diocese.
They will continue to gather every night, from now on to recite the rosary.
The prayer on Monday night will be led by Cardinal Parolin, who is the Vatican Secretary of State.
The pope is especially sensitive to pneumonia, lung infection that can cause bacteria, viruses or fungi, after contracting pleurisia – pneumonia inflammation – as a young man and subjected to a partial removal of the lungs.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was admitted to the hospital several times during his 12-year term, including bronchitis treatment at the same hospital in March 2023.
From Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin American, and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church.
