Pope’s health improves while staying in hospital

Pope Francis, who fights pneumonia for two weeks, shows signs of improvement, Vatican said in a medical update.

He will stay in the hospital for a complex clinical picture, the Vatican said on Friday morning.

He added that the 88-year-old had another “peaceful night” and “now rest” at the Gemelli Roman Hospital.

The Italian news agency Ansa reported that PontiF is now beyond the “critical phase”, citing the Vatican sources.

The pope was admitted to the hospital on February 14 after he had difficulty breathing for several days.

He was first treated with bronchitis before it was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.

Then February 22The Vatican said that the Pope had a respiratory crisis and was in a “critical” state, but later announced an update on Sunday that he “did not present further respiratory crises.”

The next day the Pope issued a statement asking Catholics to pray for him after Was unable to bring the traditional prayer of Angelus the second week.

But although the Vatican said that the pope’s health improves the addition of “the days of clinical stability are required to resolve the forecast”.

The Pope is especially sensitive to pneumonia, lung infections that can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, after arranging pleurisia – pneumonia – as a young man and had a partial removal of the lungs.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was admitted to the hospital several times during his 12-year term, including bronchitis treatment at the same hospital in March 2023.

From Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin American, and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church.