ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday, the Vatican stated.
The episodes had been attributable to a “important accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” the Vatican’s press workplace stated in a quick assertion.
Two bronchoscopies had been carried out on the pontiff, with “the necessity to aspirate considerable secretions.” Non-invasive mechanical air flow was resumed on Francis and he continues to be “alert, oriented and cooperative,” the Vatican stated.
His prognosis “stays reserved,” the Vatican stated.
Earlier Monday, the Vatican stated the pope “rested effectively” in a single day, his seventeenth night time in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
“The pope rested effectively all night time,” the Holy See, the Vatican’s press workplace, stated in a quick assertion.
A person walks within the ward the place Pope Francis is hospitalized on the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Italy, Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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The pope’s scientific situation had on Sunday remained “secure,” the church stated. Vatican sources instructed ABC Information on Sunday that the pope had eaten breakfast with espresso and continued his remedy. He learn the day by day newspapers, as common, the sources stated.
Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since 2013, was admitted to Gemelli on Feb. 14 and was recognized with bilateral pneumonia.
A nun holds a rosary throughout a prayer service in St. Peter’s Sq., as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, on the Vatican, March 2, 2025.
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The 88-year-old pontiff had been in secure situation on Saturday, church officers stated, following a bronchospasm assault on Friday.
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