Via Courtney Mares
Vatican Town, Feb 24, 2025 /
14:35 pm
Pope Francis’ situation stays severe however has proven “slight development” as he continues remedy on his eleventh day in Rome’s Gemelli Clinic, the Vatican stated Monday night time.
The 88-year-old pontiff continues to be receiving oxygen remedy via his nostril, despite the fact that at a quite diminished circulation and focus, in line with the Holy See Press Place of business.
Medical doctors reported no additional episodes of respiration misery following a “respiration disaster” on Saturday. Probably the most pope’s laboratory checks have progressed, and his “gentle kidney insufficiency” stays underneath commentary however isn’t a purpose for fear, the Vatican stated.
Pope Francis gained the Eucharist on Monday morning and resumed some paintings within the afternoon. Later within the day, he known as the parish priest in Gaza to precise his unity.
Prayers for the pope’s restoration have endured international since he was once admitted to the medical institution on Feb. 14 with bronchitis. Issues over his well being escalated over the weekend when the Vatican reported that he had suffered “an asthma-like respiration disaster of extended depth” whilst affected by pneumonia in either one of his lungs. The episode required high-flow oxygen remedy, and the pope gained a blood transfusion for platelet deficiency.
At Rome’s Gemelli Clinic, the place Francis is being handled, the chaplain led prayers and Eucharistic adoration on the St. John Paul II Chapel on Monday, adopted by way of a Mass.
On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis endured at Gemelli Clinic, the place the Holy Father stays hospitalized. Within the St. John Paul II Chapel, Adoration was once led by way of the chaplain at midday, adopted by way of Holy Mass.
Let’s proceed to hope for Pope Francis. percent.twitter.com/ZCZm5mskYg— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) February 24, 2025
On Monday night time, Catholics will accumulate in St. Peter’s Sq. to hope the rosary for the pope, led by way of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. It marks the primary of a sequence of nightly rosary prayers for the pope at 9 p.m. this week led by way of participants of the School of Cardinals dwelling in Rome.
“Pope Francis thank you the entire devoted who’ve collected to hope for his well being in fresh days,” the Vatican stated in its observation.
Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic Information Company. A graduate of Harvard College, she has reported from information bureaus on 3 continents and was once awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her paintings with North Korean refugees. She is the creator of “Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Footwear” (Ignatius, 2023),
