Pope Francis resting on Monday at a hospital in Rome, where he spent the last 10 days with pneumonia, a complex infection and now problems with the kidneys that all left him in critical condition, Vatican said.
The Vatican said on Monday morning that “the night went well, the Pope slept and now he is resting,” but did not provide additional information about the health of the 88-year-old Pontiff.
It was expected that officials would give an update on his condition on Monday night, the day after the Vatican said he was also suffering from “initial, mild kidney failure.”
Currently, kidney problems “under control,” the Vatican said. The “asthmatic respiratory crisis” was not repeated, which the Pope experienced on Saturday, according to.
The Pope was “awake and well -oriented” and the tests showed that his anemia improved thanks to blood transfusions, said the Vatican, adding that he still receives high flow of additional oxygen.
Francis, who, as a young man, had been removed part of the lungs, has suffered a number of health conditions in recent years, but this is his longest hospitalization for lung infection.
Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who is in the Pope’s medical team, said on Friday that the Pope told him that he was aware of his own fragility and that “both doors are open.”
Cardinal Timothy Dolan in his homily on Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York said that Francis was “in very, very fragile health and probably near death,” while urging believers to pray for sick Pope.
Many They gathered around the world to pray for Franciswho is a spiritual leader nearly 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. From the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where the Pope is treated in a dedicated apartment for Pope, to South Korea, to his native Argentina, believers kept alert and prayers for the Pope.
