Rome (AP) – The Vatican announced on Monday the beginning of night prayers for the health of Pope Francis on Saint -Pierre square, and invited Romans and others to join, while the 88 -year -old pontiff fought against A complex pulmonary infection and complications.
Vatican n ° 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is to lead the first prayer on Monday evening. The announcement immediately spoke of the nightlings of candles in piazza which preceded the death of St. Jean-Paul in 2005.
Francis, who has double pneumonia and the first stages of kidney failure, was awake and in a good mood on Monday. He does not suffer and does not receive artificial nutrition, said the Vatican.
“The night went well, the pope was sleeping and resting,” he said. A medical bulletin was expected later during the day.
At the Gemelli Hospital, where Francis has been since February 14 after an aggravation of bronchitis, Bishop Claudio Giuloudori presided over an emotional mass and standing in the chapel named for John Paul; Some of the 200 estimated people who participated were in white doctor coats or green surgical scrubs; Some kneeling in prayer.
“We are really sorry. Pope Francis is a good pope, hope he will do it. Hopefully,, ”said a Ferraro Suffée, who visited a parent on Monday to Gemelli. “We join him with our prayers, but what else can we do?”
Late Sunday, the doctors reported that Francis had stayed in critical condition but that he had not experienced other respiratory crises since Saturday. Blood tests have shown “slight early renal failure” which was nevertheless under control.
Francis received high speed of additional oxygen and, on Sunday, was alert, reactive and attended the mass. The doctors said his prognosis was kept.
The doctors said that Francis’ state was touch and Go, given his age, fragility and preexisting pulmonary disease. They warned that the main threat confronted with Francis is sepsis, a serious blood infection that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.
To date, there has been no reference to any beginning of Septicemia in the medical updates provided by the Vatican.
At 10 days, this hospitalization is now the longest of Francis than the Pope. He spent 10 days at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome in 2021 after being withdrawn from 33 centimeters (13 inches) from his colon.
Sunday, in New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan recognized what the church leaders in Rome did not say publicly: that the Catholic faithful were united “at the bedside of a dying father”.
“While our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is in a very, very fragile health, and probably close to death,” said Dolan in his homily of the chair of Saint-Patrick cathedral, although he has said later to the journalists he hoped and prayed for Francis to “rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” bounce back. “
This story was corrected to say that doctors detected the first stages of kidney failure, not failure.