tenth day within the hospital: Pope Francis is resting – Vatican

Candles, flowers and a portrait of Pope Francis are laid on the statue of John Paul II outdoors the Gemelli hospital the place Pope Francis is hospitalized, in Rome on February 24, 2025. Agence France-Presse

ROME — Pope Francis was resting Monday morning after a quiet night time, on the tenth day of his hospitalization for a fancy lung an infection that has provoked the early levels of kidney failure, the Vatican mentioned.

The one-line assertion didn’t say if Francis, 88, had woken up. “The night time handed effectively, the pope slept and is resting,” it mentioned.

Late Sunday, medical doctors reported that blood exams confirmed early kidney failure that was nonetheless underneath management. They mentioned Francis remained in crucial situation however that he hadn’t skilled any additional respiratory crises since Saturday.

He was receiving excessive flows of supplemental oxygen and, on Sunday, was alert, responsive and attended Mass. They mentioned his prognosis was guarded.

Docs have mentioned Francis’ situation is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung illness. They’ve warned that the principle menace dealing with Francis is sepsis, a severe an infection of the blood that may happen as a complication of pneumonia.

Thus far there was no reference to any onset of sepsis within the medical updates offered by the Vatican, together with on Sunday.

Monday marks Francis’ tenth day within the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalization of his papacy. He spent 10 days at Rome’s Gemelli hospital in 2021 after he had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon eliminated.

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