Pope Francis It will remain hospitalized and will continue the treatment of respiratory infections, the Reuters report states, citing the Vatican spokesman.
Diagnostic tests obviously showed that Pope Francis had a respiratory tract infection, he added a socket.
The Vatican News reported that 88-year-old Pontiff had a “holiday night” at the Rome Hospital Agostino Gemelli. While the Pope experienced a “lightweight fever” on Friday, it is transmitted by Saturday, according to the Vatican news.
Pope Francis opens the holy door of St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the beginning of the Catholic jubilee year, in the Vatican, December 24, 2024. (Alberto Pizzoli/Solj is reporting VIA AP)
The pope was received in Rome’s largest hospital After allegedly approaching bronchitis for about a week, the Vatican confirmed Fox News.
CNN CEO Mark Thompson met with Pope Francis shortly before his hospitalization. According to CNN report, the Pope was “mentally awake, but he struggled to speak for a long time because of breathing difficulties.”
The statue of the late Pope John Paul II stands outside the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis went to continue treatment for liquid bronchitis in Rome, Italy, February 14, 2025. (Reuters/Remo Casilli)
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The Pope is not a stranger to health fights. At the age of 21, part of the lungs was removed after the development of pleuris, which is inflammation of the membrane that secures the lungs.
Pope Francis has struggled with several health battles in the last few years, including operations 2021 and 2023, as well as long -standing knee issues, which resulted in his disability wheelchair.
Pope Francis arrives at a wheelchair in his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, in the Vatican, February 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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In his autobiography, the Pope managed his health problems with his age, saying “the church manages the church using the head and heart, not the legs.”
The pope also suffered from two recent downs, one in December and the other in January. After the second fall, which happened in his residence, Pope Francis’s hand was put in a belt to immobilize him. Vatican He said at the time that it was done as a “precautionary measure.”
