Pope Francis shows a slight improvement, receives a visit to the Italian Prime Minister
Pope Francis He showed a slight improvement while fighting pneumonia on Wednesday and received a visit to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who said he was “awake and sensitive” and full of good humor while fighting the case of pneumonia.
Meloni said she wanted to wish Francis well on behalf of the Italian government and nation. She spent 20 minutes with the Pope, Vatican said.
“We joked as always. He didn’t lose his proverbial sense of humor,” she said in a statement.
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Pope Francis holds his homily during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall on February 12, 2025 in the Vatican, the Vatican. (Vatican media via the Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Behind your team, the meloni is the first outsider Visit Francis Ever since he was hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital, where the Pope has their own apartment on the 10th floor.
Francis showed a slight improvement on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
The clinical conditions of the Holy Father are stable, the Vatican said in a statement. “Blood tests, estimated by medical staff, show a slight improvement, especially inflammatory indices.”
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Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni in the Palazzo Chigi yard. Rome (Italy), July 25, 2024. (Massimo di Vita/Archivio Massimo di Vita/Mondadori Portfelj via Getty Images)
After breakfast, Francis read some newspapers and then devoted himself to work activities with his closest associates. Before lunch he received the Eucharist.
Wednesday, Francis’s Vicar For Rome He urged his followers to quietly pray for an hour for the Pope before the evening services of the vespers.
Some visitors to the hospital lit a candle in his honor.
“I think many people are disappointed, but I think it’s even more important that we really have to pray for his health,” said Sister Charlene, a nun of Singapore, who was in Piazza.
Pope Francis holds his speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, in the Vatican, on Wednesday, May 25th. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
The Pope is not a stranger to health fights. At the age of 21, part of it removed his lungs after the development of pleuris, which is inflammation of the membrane that strengthens the lungs.
Pope Francis has struggled with several health battles in recent years, including operations 2021 and 2023, as well as long -standing knee issues, which resulted in his use of a wheelchair.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
