Pope Francis spent a calm night without crisis after suffering bronchial crisis This caused a sudden worsening of his health, said the Vatican in a short update on Saturday morning.
The pope woke up, has taken a coffee and read the newspapers, said the Vatican, and he continues to be able to move and sit in his chair.
There is also good news that it has no high number of white blood cells, which could be a sign of infection, said the Vatican.
Even so, the Vatican said in the update, it is not out of danger and its prognosis is always kept.
Friday, the pontiff experienced a “sudden worsening of the respiratory image”, said the Vatican, when he had an “isolated crisis of bronchospasm”, that is to say when the muscles that line the respiratory tract in the lungs are tightening.
The episode brought the pope to 88 years old to inhale vomiting, the Vatican said in a statement. He was treated with non -invasive mechanical ventilation, including receiving different quantities of additional oxygen to maintain his balanced levels, and he had a good answer, said the Vatican.
“The Holy Father has always remained vigilant and oriented, collaborating in therapeutic maneuvers,” said the Vatican. “The prognosis is therefore still reserved.”
This marks the fourth time that the Pope has been hospitalized since he took over the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013.
He suffered a abdominal surgery In 2021, then had another procedure in 2023 to repair the scar tissue and an abdominal hernia. He had been briefly hospitalized for treatment for pneumonia Earlier this year.
Meanwhile, people gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome to show their support, with many messages and notes which leave near a statue of the former Pope John Paul II. Prayers come from all over the world.
Maria Ratai, a woman praying for the Pope on Saint -Pierre square, said: “I pray every night for him, for his health because we need him not only we Italians but the world that the world needs him because he is a man of peace – and the world needs peace.”
The Reverend Jacinto Bento, is a priest who visited assisi on Saturday with a group of 30 pilgrims from the Jubilee of the Azores Islands.
“Every day we pray for the pope,” said Bento. “We are very sad for his situation.”
