Posted by Samuel on Thu 20th Feb, 2025 - tori.ng
Matteo Bruni, a spokesperson for the Vatican, said Francis had a peaceful fifth night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
The Vatican has given an update on the health status of the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis.
The Vatican said the Pope, slept well and ate breakfast on Wednesday morning after he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.
Matteo Bruni, a spokesperson for the Vatican, said Francis had a peaceful fifth night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
He said the Pope remains in good spirits and is grateful for the prayers for his recovery.
Disclosing this to Fox News, Bruni said: “He had a tranquil night, woke up, and had breakfast.”
On Tuesday, the Vatican said Francis, who had the upper lobe of his right lung removed when he was young, had been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.
It said the Pope’s laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and clinical condition “continue to present a complex picture.”
The Vatican said: “The polymicrobial infection, which arose on a picture of bronchiectasis and asthmatiform bronchitis, and which required the use of antibiotic cortisone therapy, makes the therapeutic treatment more complex.
“The chest CT scan that the Holy Father underwent this afternoon… demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia that required further pharmacological therapy.”
On Friday, Francis was admitted to the hospital in “fair” condition after a week of bronchitis worsened.
On Monday, the hospital determined that he was suffering from a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection, which means that a mix of viruses, bacteria, and possibly other organisms had colonized his respiratory tract.