Pope Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday due to a respiratory infection. | Fountain: AFP
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He Pope FranciscoThe 86-year-old, hospitalized since Wednesday due to a respiratory infection, spent a “good night” at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, encouraging news after a warning unleashed the day before due to his health concerns.
The next appointments of the head of the Catholic Church were canceled, and Vatican indicated that Francisco would remain in the hospital for “a few days” for treatment.
The Argentine pontiff had a “quiet” night and the staff accompanying him are “very optimistic,” the Italian news agency ANSA said on Thursday, citing hospital sources.
The news of his unexpected hospitalization has raised serious questions about the real health of the first Hispanic pope in history.
Assuring that these were “programmed checks”, the representative Vatican Finally, after several hours of silence, it was announced that Dad had a “respiratory infection.”
“In recent days, he complained of breathing problems, which forced him to undergo a medical examination on the same day,” the director of the press office of the Holy See explained in a note. Matteo Bruni.
Medical control “revealed a respiratory infection”, and although COVID-19“Several days of adequate inpatient treatment will be required,” he said.
resume activities
According to internal sources at the hospital, it is possible that the pontiff may have presided over the Mass. Palm Sunday in the Vatican, “except for unforeseen circumstances.”
This mass opens the celebrations of Holy Week, culminating in Easter, the most important holiday of Christianity.
In any case, these are long and exhausting ceremonies for a person who is in the hospital for several days.
At the end of April, Francisco is also scheduled to travel to Hungary, to the city of Budapest, for the closing of the International Eucharistic Meeting. (AFP)
Source: RPP
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