Pope Francis: Slight improvement! Hope for recovery is growing

Pope Francis: Slight improvement! Hope for recovery is growing

Rom, Italien - Vatican city, 09.03.2025 (Cape) - Good news from the Vatican: Pope Francis shows the first signs of slight improvement. According to the official announcement of the Vatican, the 88-year-old, who has been treated in the Gemelli Clinic since February 14 due to complicated respiratory diseases and pneumonia in the Gemelli Clinic, has spent a quiet night and reacts positively to the prescribed therapy. On Saturday evening it became known that its condition is stable, it remains fever -free and the blood values ​​are normal. Nevertheless, the doctors remain careful with regard to further forecasts and would like to observe the developments in the coming days, such as Kathpress reported.

in the clinic, Francis continues to receive oxygen, partly through a breathing mask and partly from nasal cannulas. A non-invasive ventilation device is used to support his breathing. His condition has been stable since his last respiratory crisis. Two bronchoscopies were carried out on Monday to treat shortness of mucus by gap in the lungs, as reported the press . On Sunday, the Pope will again not be able to take part in the Angelus prayer on St. Peter's Square, which is the case for the fourth time in a row. Instead, the text of the prayer is published.

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The fasting expertes of the Roman Curia, which begin this Sunday, take place “in spiritual community” with the sick Pope. This event is led by Father Roberto Pasolini, the preacher of the Pontifical House. The Pope has been the voice of 1.4 billion believers since his election in March 2013 and is now the second oldest pontiff in the history of the church. While many believers are praying for his health worldwide and in front of the Hospital in Rome, he remains a strong symbolic figure, even in the nursing.