Pope Francis spent peaceful night at a hospital in Rome, where he was in a critical condition while undergoing treatment for pneumonia and complex infection, Vatican said on Sunday morning.
Beyond the short text – “The night passed quietly, the Pope rested” – the Vatican did not give further details, as caring mounted around the world About the health of the 88-year-old Pontiff.
On Saturday, the Vatican said that Francis had a long “asthmatic respiratory crisis” earlier during the day that required “high oxygen flows”. He also had blood transfusion, but he was awake, according to the Vatican, who issues newsletters in counseling with medical staff at the hospital, as well as the Pope’s doctor in the Vatican.
Francis was admitted to Policlinico Agostino Gemelli on February 14 with a complex infection of a respiratory tract that developed into pneumonia in both lungs. Doctors said the moderation of his treatment is particularly complex because of his age and existing lung disease.
In an interview with journalists on Friday, the doctors first described Francis’s situation as critical, adding that his situation could change day by day. Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who is in Francis’s medical team, said Pope told him that he was aware of his own fragility and that “both doors are open.”
For days of prayer held around the world. Cardinal Baldassare Rein, Vicar of the Diocese of Roman, announced that he would celebrate Mass to pray for Francis’s recovery at St. John Lateran’s Basilica on Sunday afternoon.
Printed Secretary of the White House of Karolina Leavitt told reporters on Saturday that President Donald Trump had been updated about Pope’s health. “We pray for the Pope,” she said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him.”
