Pope Francis Stay in critical condition but he was able to resume the work activities of his hospital bed, said the Vatican on Monday afternoon, as The concerns persisted around the renal and pulmonary problems of the pontiff This has kept him in the hospital for over a week.
“The clinical state of the Holy Father, although critical, shows a slight improvement,” said the Vatican in a statement on Monday, adding that throughout the day, there were “no episodes of crisis asthmatic respiratory “.
“In the morning, he received the Eucharist, while in the afternoon, he resumed the work activities,” the statement said. “In the evening, he called the pastor of the parish of Gaza to express his paternal proximity.”
Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said in an update that doctors: “Given the complexity of the clinical image, do not yet change the prognosis to be kept.”
The kidney problems that the 88 -year -old pontiff had suffered earlier were no longer a problem, according to the bruni.
Earlier Monday, a Vatican source told NBC News international partner, Sky News, which Francis was eating normally. The Gemelli Hospital of Rome said via Telegram that the night had “passed peacefully” and that doctors no longer updated on the question of whether Pope’s health improved.
The fears have grown up Francis’ State after being admitted to the hospital on February 14 and was then diagnosed with “double pneumonia” or pneumonia in the two lungs. During the weekend, symptoms of the asthma type.
During a service on Sunday at the Saint-Patrick Cathedral in New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan described Francis as “in a very, very fragile health and probably close to death”, but did not explain how he knew.
From Monday, the Secretary of State of the Vatican Pietro Parolin will direct the night masses with the Cardinals of Rome to pray for Francis on Saint-Pierre square, said the press office of Holy See in a press release.
“We are all very worried,” said Pope’s cousin, 93, in Portacomaro, Italy, in the Italy, in Italy, in Italy, in Italy, in the Italian news agency. “We hope it quickly recovers and overcome this difficult moment. I am all on the news and I am very anxious.
Deborah Lubov contributed.