Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing a 'slight improvement', the Vatican said Monday, while
Pope Francis waves as he arrives to attend the unveiling of a new electric popemobile, at the Vatican on December 4, 2024. The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14, 2025 to receive treatment for 'ongoing bronchitis,' according to the Vatican. Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing a “slight improvement”, the Vatican said Monday, while cautioning that doctors would not offer a prognosis.
Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 with breathing difficulties, but his condition worsened, with his bronchitis developing into double pneumonia. Francis’s medical team have said the drug treatments he is undergoing will take time to show an effect, and on Friday they warned he would remain in hospital for this entire week, at the very least.
The Vatican warned for the first time Saturday that the pope’s condition was critical and that he had suffered a “prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis”, a day after his doctors said he was not out of danger. “At this moment in history, one feels the need for his figure,” Jesuit theologian Antonio Spadaro, who is close to Francis, told the Repubblica daily.
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