Pope Francis He was awake and was able to get out of bed for breakfast, despite being hospitalized for seven days because of the noise of pneumonia, Vatican News reported.
After breakfast, the Pope allegedly read the newspaper and did a job before receiving the Eucharist before lunch. Medical staff apparently saw a “slight improvement” according to the Vatican news.
The candle with Pope Francis portrait was erected at the bottom of Pope John Paul II at Gemelli Hospital, where the Pope was hospitalized, February 17, 2025. (Titian Fabi/AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Francis’s medical condition: what to know about bilateral pneumonia
Pope Francis, who is 88, was originally hospitalized on February 14 for bronchitis and later diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. Still subject to treatment at Roman Hospital Gemelli.
“Polymicrobial infection, which was created in the image of bronchiectasis and asthmatiform bronchitis, and which required the use of antibiotic cortisone therapy, makes therapeutic treatment more complex,” ” Vatican he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Pope Francis holds his homily during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall VI. February 12, 2025 in the Vatican, the Vatican. (Vatican media via the Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Pope Francis diagnosed bilateral pneumonia, says the Vatican
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited the Pope Wednesday and said he was “awake and sensitive” to the Vatican News. She also reportedly said that the Pope joked with her and did not show signs of loss of sense of humor.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes Pope Francis as he participates in the G7 Simple, at the Borgo Egnazia resort, in Savellerte, Italy, June 14, 2024. (Vatican media/brochure via Reuters)
Pope Francis suffered from respiratory questions for many years. When he was 21, part of him removed his lungs after the development of the pleuris, which is the inflammation of the membrane that strengthens the lungs.
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The pope also fell in December and in January. After the second fall, which happened in his residence, Pope Francis’s hand was put in a slingshot to immobilize him. The Vatican said at the time that it was done as a “precautionary measure.”
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