Doctors said that the Pope is in a stable condition in the hospital and blood tests showed “a slight improvement” in his condition.
Pope Francis, 88, was accepted at the Jimille Hospital in Rome last week with a respiratory infection and was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.
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His condition sparked serious concerns with Francis, panting in air on public occasions and is unable to read speeches.
Doctors said the Pope also suffers from asthma bronchitis.
Now, the Vatican said that the general condition of Frances is still fixed, as blood tests showed “slight improvement” in the main inflammatory indicators.
The Vatican said in a late statement that Pope Francis also worked in the afternoon with his collaborators.
“The clinical cases of the Holy Father are stable,” he said.
“Blood tests, which have been evaluated by the medical staff, indicate a slight improvement, especially in inflammatory signs.”
Francis was breathing on his own, without using a breathing device, and he was able to get out of the bed to work from a chair in his room, according to the source of Vatikan.
The Vatican said that the Pope spent a “peaceful” night on Tuesday.
He added that he read the newspapers after eating breakfast on Wednesday morning in the papal wing on the tenth floor of Jimili Hospital, before working alongside his “closest colleagues”.
Before lunch, the Eucharist, in addition to a 20 -minute visit from Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni.
Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital on Wednesday and informed that he was alert, quickly responded and full of good humor.
The Italian Prime Minister said that she wanted to bring Get-Well's desires to the Pope on behalf of the government and the entire nation.
She said in a statement issued by her office: “We have always been joking as it is always.
Meloni is the first external assertive visitor known to have invited the Pope, along with his secretariat and medical team, since his acceptance on Friday at GEMLI Hospital in Rome, where the Popes have their own wing on the tenth floor.
Her visit, which she was not announced until after her end, was aimed at sending a reassuring message, especially for the Italians who have not even seen a picture of Francis since Friday.
The Vatican said that Francis was awake, and he was eating and out of the bed after a quiet night, a day after the tests confirmed that he was suffering from pneumonia in both lungs at the head of bronchitis.
The Italian Prime Minister, who came to him power In 2022 with a message that promotes Christian adoption data, it indicated in glowing phrases to influence it by the Popes John Paul II and Bandic 16, both of them are the reference points of European conservatives like themselves.
Meloni and Francis were constructed in a campaign to reverse low in Italy.
Earlier this week, the Vatican said that medical tests and X -rays on the chest showed a “complex picture”.
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The next Pope is chosen through a process called the papal conclave, which occurs after the death of the current Pope or resigned.
Here is how to work:
- The Cardinacle College was called to the Vatican
- Cardinals meet in the Sistin Church and vote through a secret polling
- They will prepare for the upcoming papal elections – called Conclave
- These Catholic leaders will vote once in the early days and four times a day every day
- This vote will continue until one film gets two -thirds of the vote
- The candidate must accept the offer and choose his new papal name
- This result will be confirmed to the public when the white smoke is burned from the Sistin Church chimney
Officials explained yesterday that he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.
Pneumonia is a serious infection that can hit and regret the lungs, causing chest pain and making breathing more difficult.
Although Vatican doctors advise him to rest, Francis pushed himself through a crowded schedule.
On February 9, invitations to stay inside and sat through the outdoor jubilee bloc of the armed forces, although he was clearly struggling to breathe.
But the Pope eliminated the papal fans scheduled for Saturday, and it is not good enough to attend the Mass on Sunday.
Outside the hospital, the well -wishers and pilgrims continued to gather for prayer, light candles and write notes on encouragement.
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