London and Rome – The Pope rested peacefully during the night when he began his 27th consecutive day in the hospital on Wednesday morning, said the Vatican.
The Pope’s prognosis was “raised” on Monday, which means that it is no longer in imminent danger, but the clinical image remains complex.
The 88 -year -old pontiff will continue “for additional days, pharmacological medical therapy in a hospital environment” due to the “complexity of the clinical image and the significant infectious image presented in hospitalization,” said the Vatican.
“The improvements recorded in the previous days have been further established, as confirmed by both blood and clinical objectivity and the good response to pharmacological therapy. For these reasons, doctors decided to lift the prognosis,” said the Holy See, the Vatican press office in a statement.
Vatican City, Vatican – March 11: Pray Faithful in the Plaza de San Pedro while watching a giant television screen of the prayer of the rosary by Pope Francis that is broadcast from the inside of the Hall of the audience Paul VI on March 11, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on February 14 with bronchitis, and then developed pneumonia in both lungs.
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Francis’s doctors said there are positive signs of the pontiff’s recovery, but precaution is, according to Vatican sources.
Francis was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14 and was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.
On Thursday it will mark the 12th anniversary of when Pope Francis was voted to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who previously resigned.
