ROME – Pope Francis was resting on Monday morning after a quiet night on the 10th day of hospitalization due to a complicated pulmonary infection. Early stages of renal failuresaid the Vatican.
The one-line statement did not say whether 88-year-old Francis has woken up. “The night went well, the Pope is asleep and resting,” it said.
His condition revived speculation about what would happen if he became unconscious or otherwise incompetent, and whether he would resign.
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Late Sunday, doctors reported that blood tests nevertheless showed early renal failure. They said Francis remained in danger, but he said he hadn’t experienced any further. Breathing crisis Starting Saturday.
He was receiving a high stream of supplementary oxygen and was wary and reactive on Sunday, attending Mass. They said his prognosis was protected.
The doctor said that Francis’ condition is touching and touching given his age, vulnerability and pre-existing lung disease. They warned that the main threat facing Francis is sepsis, a serious blood infection that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.
To date, there was no mention of the onset of sepsis in the medical renewal provided by the Vatican, including Sunday.
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Monday marks the 10th day of Francis, comparable to his longest hospitalization in the Pope. He spent 10 days at Gemeri Hospital in Rome in 2021, when his 13-inch colon was removed.
In New York on Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan acknowledged what Roman church leaders hadn’t said publicly.
“Because our holy father Pope Francis is very fragile and healthy, and perhaps close to death,” Dolan said in his Homily from the pulpit at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, but he later told reporters that he had been told that he had been told that he had been He prayed in hoping and said he prayed Francis to bounce back. “
