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The Holy See Press Office provides an update on the Pope’s health: no new episodes of asthma-like respiratory distress; a slight reduction in oxygen flow and levels; and improved test results. His mild kidney insufficiency is not a cause for concern. Pope Francis has resumed work and, in the evening, called the parish in Gaza.

On Monday evening, the Holy See Press Office provided the following update on Pope Francis’ health: 

The Holy Father’s clinical condition, despite its severity, has shown a slight improvement… Read more »

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Fi stqarrija mis-Sala Stampa tas-Santa Sede intqal li l-Papa Franġisku kellu lejl ta’ mistrieħ fl-għaxar jum tiegħu fl-Isptar Ġemelli f’Ruma fejn qed jiġi rikoverat minħabba pulmonite doppja.

Fl-aġġornament mediku ta’ lbieraħ intqal li għadu f’qagħda kritika. L-istqarrija kompliet tgħid li l-Papa qed jirċievi l-ossiġnu artifiċjali u jinsab konxju.

F’komunikat lill-ġurnalisti ġie sostnut li l-kumplessità tal-istat kliniku kif ukoll minħabba stennija meħtieġa għat-terapiji farmakoloġiċi, huwa meħtieġ li l-pronjosi tibqa’ kunfidenzjali… Read more »

“Pope Francis has had a restful night and this morning, got out of bed and had breakfast in an armchair,” the Holy See Press Office stated in a note to journalists on Thursday morning.

Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.

Wednesday evening, the Holy See Press Office statement noted the Holy Father’s clinical condition “is stable,” and that “the blood tests, evaluated by the medical staff, show a slight improvement, particularly in the inflammatory indices.” 

It noted that after breakfast, the Pope read some newspapers and then went about his work with his closest collaborators, and that before lunch, he received the Eucharist… Read more »