Pope Francis is still resting in the hospital as the Vatican Holy Year is going on without it
Pope Francis He stayed in the hospital on Saturday, recovering from a double pneumonia while the Holy Year of the Vatican continued without him.
“The night is quiet, the pope is resting,” the Vatican said on Saturday morning.
It’s been three weeks since Francis, 88, received to Rome Hospital February 14 after a one -week flank bronchitis worsened. The doctors first diagnosed the complex infection of the viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract and then the occurrence of pneumonia in both lungs.
Pope Francis who still receives oxygen therapy will not read Sunday prayers: Vatican
Pope Francis waved from the central loggia basilica of St. Peter during the Easter message ‘Urbi et orbi’ and blessings to the City and the world as part of the Great Week celebration, in the Vatican 31 March 2024. (Titian Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)
Pontiff’s condition stabilized after acute respiratory crises.
The Vatican continued with its anniversary celebrations, sometimes the sacred years, which brings pilgrims from all over the world to Rome. The Holy Year is celebrating volunteers this weekend, and many extend their pilgrimage to pray for Francisco outside the hospital.
Pope Francis waved from his pope mobile after a weekly prayer of Angelus, on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on October 20, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty)
Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny will chair Holy Year of Mass Sunday for volunteers.
Francis spent 20 minutes at the Gemelli Hospital Chapel on Friday, praying and working some work between vacations and respiratory and physical therapy, Vatican said.
Pope Francis shares the first audio message from hospitalization: ‘May God bless you’
Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul Vatican Hall, on August 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
Click here to get the Fox News app
The Pope used high -kicks of extra oxygen to help him breathe during the day and at night the non -invasive mechanical ventilation mask.
Earlier this week, Francis, who has a chronic lung disease and had a part of one lung when he was younger, suffered acute respiratory failure and subjected to bronchoscopy to suck mucus from the lungs.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
