According to the latest clinical bulletin, the 88 -year -old Pope is no longer critical or life, but must remain hospitalized due to the health situation still complex.
Pope Francis continues to recover from the double pneumonia at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, and issued the traditional prayer of Angelus Sunday in the form of a text written during the fifth consecutive week.
The Pope usually prays the Angelus from a window with a view to the Plaza de San Pedro, to the faithful gathered, who became more numerous due to Jubilee year that Francis inaugurated in December.
In addition to a stop in San Pedro to ask for indulgences through the Sacred Puerta de la Basilica, the pilgrims now add a stop to Gemelli, about 15 minutes by the Vatican car.
In Sunday’s prayer, Pope Francis showed recognition of the dozens of children with yellow and white balloons who had gathered at the GEMELLI door to pray for his recovery.
“I know that many children pray for me; some of them came to Gemelli today as a sign of proximity,” said the pontiff in Angelus’s text prepared for traditional prayer, but not broadcast live.
The event was organized by Reverendo Enzo Fortunato, president of the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day. According to this priest, the meeting of children with their parents was a form of spiritual medicine for the 88 -year -old pontiff, calling him “the most beautiful caress.” “Children represent a symbolic remedy for Pope Francis,” said Fortunato.
Among the children who honored the Pope were accompanied by the institution of Santo Egidio and 50 accompanied by UNICEF.
Thousands of corridors who participated in the Marathon of this year on Sunday also paid tribute to the Pope. There were 42 seconds in silence for Pope Francis, one for every kilometer of the 42 -kilometer marathon.
Pope’s health is stable
Doctors said this week that the 88 -year -old pontiff is no longer in critical conditions and that they threaten life, but have continued to underline that their condition remains complex due to age, lack of mobility and loss of part of a lung when it was young.
Even so, medical newsletters are encouraging, since the pontiff has been in an ascending trajectory. This week, an radiography confirmed that the infection was disappearing.
At noon on Sunday, a publication about the Pope’s story was published in the X, saying: “Our bodies are weak, but nothing can prevent us from loving, praying, we begin, being to each other, in faith, luminous signs of hope.”
Pope Francis has not been seen publicly since he was admitted to the hospital on February 14, after a bronchitis crisis that hindered his speech. Doctors quickly added the diagnosis of double pneumonia and a polymicrobial infection: bacterial, viral and fungal.
The first three weeks of hospitalization were marked by a roller mountain of recoil, which includes respiratory crises, slight renal failure and a serious cough attack.
In Saturday’s last medical update, doctors said they were working to reduce the Pope’s night dependence on the non -invasive ventilation mask, which will allow their lungs to work more.
Doctors emphasized that, although the Pope’s condition is stable, it still needs hospitalization for physical and respiratory therapy and shows “new gradual improvements,” said the Vatican on Saturday, in the first medical update in three days.
ADVERTISINGThe next update will only be published in the middle of the week, said the Vatican.
