ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis rested in a single day within the hospital, the Vatican stated on Sunday.
“The night time handed peacefully. The Pope rested,” the Holy See stated in a brief assertion.
A video journalists movies the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, the place Pope Francis is hospitalized since Feb. 14.
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The 88-year-old pontiff had on Saturday morning suffered a “extended” asthmatic respiratory disaster, throughout which medical doctors provided him with oxygen, the Vatican stated.
Asthmatic respiratory disaster signifies the pope struggled to take care of a adequate oxygen stage when respiratory on his personal, in line with medical specialists.
The Vatican on Saturday stated the pope, who has led the Catholic Church since 2013, remained in essential situation.
Candles, flowers and a portrait of Pope Francis are laid on the statue of John Paul II exterior the Gemelli hospital the place Pope Francis is hospitalized in Rome on Feb. 22, 2025.
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The pope has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14 following a bout with bronchitis.
He was recognized with pneumonia on Tuesday, in line with the Vatican.
ABC Information’ Ivan Pereira and Youri Benadjaoud contributed to this report.
