ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis’ scientific situation stays “secure” on Sunday, the Vatican mentioned, because the pontiff continues to be hospitalized for the seventeenth consecutive day.
“The Pope doesn’t require non-invasive mechanical air flow, however solely high-flow oxygen remedy,” the Vatican press workplace mentioned Sunday afternoon in a press release, including that Pope Francis does not have a fever.
“This morning the Holy Father participated in Holy Mass, along with those that have been taking good care of him throughout his keep within the hospital, and so he alternated relaxation with prayer,” the workplace added.
In a prayer printed earlier Sunday, the pontiff thanked Gemelli Hospital’s docs and medical workers “for the eye with which they’re taking good care of me.”
The prayer — the pope’s weekly Angelus — was dispatched from the hospital in Rome, the place the pope was resting early Sunday after a “quiet” night time, the Vatican mentioned earlier Sunday in a short assertion.
“The night time was quiet, the pope continues to be resting,” the Vatican’s press workplace mentioned.
Francis in his prayer to followers mentioned he felt “all of your affection and closeness,” including that he felt “as if I’m ‘carried’ and supported by all Gods individuals.”
“I really feel in my coronary heart the ‘blessing’ that’s hidden inside frailty, as a result of it’s exactly in these moments that we study much more to belief within the Lord,” he mentioned within the prayer.
He added, “On the identical time, I thank God for giving me the chance to share in physique and spirit the situation of so many sick and struggling individuals.”
Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since 2013, was admitted to Gemelli on Feb. 14 and was identified with bilateral pneumonia.
The 88-year-old pontiff had been in secure situation on Saturday, church officers mentioned, following a bronchospasm assault on Friday.
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