Pope Francis has clearly shown “minor improvement” and according to a statement by the Vatican, is responding well to oxygen therapy.
88 -year -old Pontiff has been in a hospital since February 14, when he was admitted to respiratory issues which were later found bilateral pneumonia.
Doctors are keeping the pregnancy of the Pope wrapped as they continue to evaluate its condition.
Mexican painter Roberto Markez performed a painting from Pope Francis, which he made outside Rome’s Agostino Jameli Hospital on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
On Thursday, the Pope filed a message, thanking those who were praying for their recovery. Sources in the Vatican stated that the recording “clearly was an attempt to him,” stating that the noise from the Pope’s oxygen machine could be heard in the audio.
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Vatican sources told Fox News, “We could hear yesterday that he was receiving oxygen through the nose during the audio, clearly he would not read Angelus.”
The Pope Francis gives waves to the believers as he curses Serell after Luxembourg’s Prime Minister’s meeting during a four -day epostolic visit in Luxembourg and Belgium in Luxembourg on 26 September, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)
Ash also looked different this year on Wednesday, as the Pope was unable to lead the mass. Instead, the Cardinal Angelo de Dontis read the Pope’s homeley loudly at Santa Sabrina Basilica of Rome.
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The Pope has a long history of respiratory issues. When he was just 21 years old, Pope Francis removed his lung part after developing Puurirsi, which is inflammation of the lungs cushion membrane. Now, according to Vatican sources, he is continuing therapy for bilateral pneumonia.
The Pope has been admitted to the hospital since 14 February with pneumonia and a bronchial infection. Candles with his photos are placed on February 19, 2025 under the statue of the late Pope John Paul II in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Catholics from all over the world have prayed for Pope Francis as he was first hospitalized in February. This includes Vice President JD Wance, who offered prayers to the Pope during the last month’s national prayer breakfast.
“Every day I and my children have made a prayer for the holy father, and we pray for their health, and we pray for their comfort because he behaves with a very serious health crisis,” Vance said.
