Pope’s health improved while still in hospital

The Vatican said in a medical update that Pope Francis has been fighting pneumonia for two weeks and is showing signs of improvement.

The Vatican said Friday morning that he will stay in the hospital due to complex clinical circumstances.

It added that the 88-year-old had another “peaceful night” and was “rest now” at the Gemelli hospital in Rome.

Italian news agency ANSA reported that the pope is now citing Vatican sources.

The pope was taken to the hospital on February 14 after a few days of difficulty breathing.

He was first treated for bronchitis before both lungs were diagnosed with pneumonia.

Then continue February 22The Vatican said the pope had experienced a respiratory crisis and was in a “critical state” but later released an update on Sunday that he “had not further raised any respiratory crisis.”

The next day, the pope issued a statement asking the Catholics to He was unable to personally provide traditional Angelus prayers in the second week.

But while the Vatican said the pope’s health was improving, it added that “further clinical stability is needed to address the prognosis”.

The Pope is particularly susceptible to pneumonia, a lung infection, which may be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, he suffers from pleurisitis (a type of inflammation of the lung), which is inflammation of the lungs at a young age, and suffers from partial lung removal.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church has been taken to the hospital several times during his 12-year tenure, including receiving bronchitis treatment in March 2023.

Pope Francis, from Argentina, was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church.