LONDON and ROME — Pope Francis remained hospitalized on Tuesday as he continues to recuperate from a respiratory tract an infection and now the “onset of bilateral pneumonia,” the Vatican stated.
“Laboratory assessments, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s medical situation proceed to current a posh image,” the Vatican press workplace stated in an announcement. “The polymicrobial an infection, which arose on an image of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and which required using cortisone antibiotic remedy, makes therapeutic therapy extra advanced.”
A follow-up chest CT scan on Tuesday “demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia, which required further drug remedy,” the Vatican stated.
“However, Pope Francis is in good spirits,” the Vatican stated. “This morning, he acquired the Eucharist, and all through the day he alternated relaxation with prayer and studying texts. He provides thanks for the closeness he feels at the moment and asks, with a grateful coronary heart, that we proceed to hope for him.”
The Vatican introduced earlier Tuesday that the Jubilee Viewers on Saturday has been canceled because the pope continues to recuperate in hospital.
Pope Francis celebrates the mass for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces at St. Peter’s sq. within the Vatican on February 9, 2025. The Vatican, Feb. 18, 2025.
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“As a result of Holy Father’s well being situation, the Jubilee Viewers on Saturday, Feb. 22, is canceled,” the Vatican stated Tuesday morning. “For the celebration of the Holy Mass on the event of the Jubilee of Deacons, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23, at 9 a.m., in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis has delegated H.E. Msgr. Rino Fisichella, Professional-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Part for Elementary Problems with Evangelization within the World.”
Matteo Bruni, the director of the Vatican press room, informed reporters on Sunday that the pope had his second consecutive restful evening after being admitted to the hospital on Friday.
“Pope Francis had a tranquil evening. He slept effectively, had breakfast and browse just a few papers, as ordinary,” Bruni stated.
A statue of Pope John Paul II is seen in entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, the place Pope Francis has been hospitalised to endure some vital diagnostic assessments and to proceed his ongoing therapy for bronchitis. (AP Photograph/Andrew Medichini)
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The pope was admitted to a hospital on Friday for “vital assessments” and to proceed his ongoing bronchitis therapy, the Vatican stated.
The Italian information company ANSA reported that “a number of sources” revealed the pope had arrived on Friday at Gemelli Hospital very fatigued attributable to issue in respiratory associated to an extra of phlegm, and that the therapy he was present process at residence had not yielded the anticipated outcomes.
“Pope Francis has been knowledgeable of the numerous messages of closeness and affection he has acquired and expresses his gratitude, in addition to asking for continued prayers,” the Vatican has stated.
