Pope Francis rested well after overcoming the rebound retreat caused by the respiratory crisis, as he remains in a hospital recovering from dual pneumonia.
“The Pope rested well all night,” the Vatican said Monday morning.
Francis, 88, is in stable condition, has no mechanical ventilation and shows no signs of a new infection following the respiratory crisis that took place last week.
The clergy was admitted to Gemeri Hospital in Rome on February 14 after a week-long bronchitis match worsened. The doctor first diagnosed the development of complex viral, bacterial, and fungal respiratory infections, and subsequently pneumonia in both lungs.
Pope Francis is off mechanical ventilator and has no fever or signs of infection: Vatican
Pope Francis is waving from his popemovie after a weekly Angelus prayer at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on October 20, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty)
Doctors said the Pope spent Sunday without using a non-invasive mechanical ventilation mask that pumps oxygen into the lungs he used after Friday’s respiratory crisis. Francis continued to receive high flow supplementary oxygen through the nasal tube.
Friday’s respiratory crisis has sparked concerns about a new lung infection since Francis inhaled vomit. The doctors aspired to do so and said they would need 24-48 hours to determine if there was a new infection.
On Sunday, doctors said Francis was stable, had no fever and showed no signs of infection.
Vatican will provide health updates as Pope enters the third week at the hospital
Pope Francis will attend Mass on September 10, 2024 at the Esplanade in Tacitru, Dili, East Timor. (Tigiana Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)
However, the Pope’s prognosis remained protected. In other words, he was not out of danger.
Francis missed out on his weekly noon blessing. Instead, the Vatican distributed messages written by the Pope and thanked the doctors for their good taste for their care and prayers.
In his message, he also prayed for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere.
“From here on, the war seems even more ridiculous,” Francis said.
Francis said he lived in his hospitalization as an experience of deep solidarity with people suffering from illness around the world.
Pope Francis is assisted by his entourage Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza as he walks with a cane to a general audience each week at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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“In my mind I feel the “blessing” hidden in my weakness. Because it is precisely at this very moment that we learn more to trust in the Lord,” Francis said in the text. “At the same time, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to share the body and mind of so many illnesses and suffering people.”
The Konrad Krajewski Cardinal presided over the evening rosary prayers at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday night.
“Let us pray with the whole church for the health of our Holy Father Francis,” Krajewski said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
