Pope's state of health: stability after difficult days!

Pope's state of health: stability after difficult days!

Vatikanstadt, Italien - Vatican city, 07.03.2025-Pope Francis, who has been treated in the Gemelli Clinic for three weeks because of a pneumonia on both sides, is evident in a weak but stable state of health. After a quiet night on Friday morning, it was reported that the 88-year-old woke up shortly after eight o'clock. He sent a short audio message in which he thanked the people on St. Peter's Square for their prayers. In this emotional speech it was: "I am all my heart happy about your prayers for my health." However, the weak voice and the audible after-air rings underlined the severity of his illness, such as kathpress.at reported.

health report and forecast

After a respiratory crisis on Friday afternoon, Pope Francis stabilized again. His medical team announced that physiotherapy breathing therapy will continue and that the Pope is fever -free. The forecast remains reserved because the Holy Father changes between non-invasive mechanical ventilation and phases of high-flow oxygen therapy. On Saturday, Francis was able to take food independently and prayed in the small chapel next to his room. Despite the deterioration in health on Friday, when he suffered a bronchospasm and mechanically ventilated, the subsequent night went calmly, such as Vaticannews.va reported.

The Vatican press office confirmed that the Holy Father is awake and oriented. In the afternoon of Saturday he gets the Eucharist and devotes himself to prayer. Even if the Pope's condition remains stable, the forecast remains careful, and the doctors announce that in the future no daily medical bulletin will be published, but only every two days.