Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA).
PopeFrancis’healthconditionhasremainedstableashecontinuesastayinthehospital,thoughrecentbloodworkshoweda“slightimprovement,”theVaticansaidonWednesdayafternoon.
AccordingtotheFeb.19communication,medicalstafffoundthepope’sbloodteststoshowlessinflammatorymarkers.Theysaidhisclinicalconditionis“stationary.”
The88-year-oldFrancis,whohasbeenreceivingtreatmentforapolymicrobialrespiratoryinfectionatGemelliHospitalsinceFriday,receivedanadditionaldiagnosisofdoublepneumoniaonFeb.18.
TheVaticansaidonWednesdaythatPopeFrancishadbreakfast,readafewnewspapers,anddidsomeworkwiththehelpofhissecretaries.Beforelunch,thepontiffreceivedtheEucharist,andintheafternoonhewasvisitedbyItalianPresidentGiorgiaMelonifor20minutes.
Accordingtothepresident’soffice,MeloniwishedthepopeaquickrecoveryonbehalfoftheItaliangovernmentandthewholecountry.
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