Pope Francis developed a bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, marking the latest Health stare for the 88-year-old Pontiff.
The new diagnosis, which means that the pneumonia is in both lungs comes as Francis heals at the Rome Hospital, where he was admitted on Friday. Has previously been diagnosed with bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said PontiF had a polymycrobial infection of the respiratory tract and that the tests were performed on Francisj “indicate a complex clinical picture that would require an appropriate hospital stay.”
On Tuesday, the Vatican said in a statement that pneumonia would require drug therapy. The disease was detected after Francis underwent CT scanning Tuesday afternoon, Vatican said.
According to the statement, Francis was in a good mood and spent the day resting, praying and reading.
The Vatican said that Francis was grateful for the “closeness he felt at the moment” and asked for people to pray for him.
This hospitalization is the Pope fourth. 2023. He was subjected abdominal surgery and received the treatment of pneumonia earlier that year.
When Francis was a young man in his home country of Argentina, part of one lung was removed after a pulmonary infection, which left him vulnerable to respiratory diseases.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Vatican canceled the audience that Francis had to have on Saturday and announced that he would not celebrate Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope continuous hospitalization comes just over two weeks before the start of the annual Christian respect for Lent. The 40-day period of Lent begins on Wednesday ASH, which falls this year on March 5th.
Last year, during the week that led to Easter known as the Holy Week, Francis did not attend the procession in the Roman Coloseum on Good Friday to preserve his health, and the Pope later led tens of thousands of thousands Easter celebration.
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