THE Vatican confirmed on Monday that Pope Francis Facing a “complex clinical situation” and would remain at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for the moment.
“The results of the tests carried out in recent days and have demonstrated today a polymicrobial infection of the airways,” said the Holy See in a brief declaration, adding that the problem required “an appropriate hospital stay”.
The Vatican said later on Monday that the Pope was in a stable state and had no fever.
Francis, 88, has already had to cancel many commitments Due to his illnessWhich kept him in hospital longer than a blow of pneumonia in 2023.
Pope ‘of good humor’
Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said that the pope was “in a good mood” one day after a post on the official account of Francis X thanked the faithful for their “affection, prayer and proximity with whom you accompany me with these days “.
Sunday, his condition was described as “stable” and he spoke with members of the Catholic community in Gaza On the phone, reported Italian radio broadcaster Mediaset.
The last time a Pope seated was dead was Jean-Paul II in 2005, who died at 84 years old. At the time, the Vatican said that the pontiff was sick, having faced years.
Published by: Saim DuĊĦan Inayatullah