LONDON and ROME — Pope Francis remained hospitalized on Tuesday as he continues to recover from a respiratory tract infection and now the “onset of bilateral pneumonia,” the Vatican mentioned.
“Laboratory checks, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s medical situation proceed to current a fancy image,” the Vatican press workplace mentioned in a press release. “The polymicrobial an infection, which arose on an image of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and which required using cortisone antibiotic remedy, makes therapeutic remedy extra advanced.”
A follow-up chest CT scan on Tuesday “demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia, which required further drug remedy,” the Vatican mentioned.
“However, Pope Francis is in good spirits,” the Vatican mentioned. “This morning, he acquired the Eucharist, and all through the day he alternated relaxation with prayer and studying texts. He offers thanks for the closeness he feels at the moment and asks, with a grateful coronary heart, that we proceed to wish for him.”
The Vatican introduced earlier Tuesday that the Jubilee Viewers on Saturday has been canceled because the pope continues to get well 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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“Because of the Holy Father’s well being situation, the Jubilee Viewers on Saturday, Feb. 22, is canceled,” the Vatican mentioned 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 properly, had breakfast and browse just a few papers, as common,” Bruni mentioned.
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 checks and to proceed his ongoing remedy for bronchitis. (AP Picture/Andrew Medichini)
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The pope was admitted to a hospital on Friday for “vital checks” and to proceed his ongoing bronchitis remedy, the Vatican mentioned.
The Italian information company ANSA reported that “a number of sources” revealed the pope had arrived on Friday at Gemelli Hospital very fatigued as a result of problem in respiratory associated to an extra of phlegm, and that the remedy he was present process at residence had not yielded the anticipated outcomes.
“Pope Francis has been knowledgeable of the various messages of closeness and affection he has acquired and expresses his gratitude, in addition to asking for continued prayers,” the Vatican has mentioned.
