Vatican City.- He Pope Francis He rested all night, woke up, had breakfast and started daily treatment on the eighteenth day of hospitalization, and as for bilateral pneumonia, "the situation is stable" and follows "a natural evolution," sources reported vaticans.
According to the same sources, the Pope slept well all night and, as was the case on Sunday, is not on mechanical ventilation and is receiving oxygen through nasal cannulas.
Following the episode of bronchospasm he suffered last Friday, the Argentine pontiff's clinical condition remains "complex" and his prognosis "reserved," the latest medical report added.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized since February 14 for bronchitis with a polymicrobial infection, which was accompanied by bilateral pneumonia.
There is still no information on the Lenten spiritual exercises that the Pope was to celebrate with the Roman Curia, scheduled for next Sunday, March 9.
Meanwhile, Evening rosaries continue in St. Peter's Square for the Pope's health And tonight they will be presided over by the American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Vatican sources explained that An image of the Pope will not be disseminated. This "will not happen immediately" - they stressed - and we will have to wait until "the situation stabilises" more.
This Sunday it was reported that Francis received a visit from the Vatican Secretary of State, he Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the substitute for the Secretary of State, Venezuelan Edgar Peña Parra.
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For the third consecutive Sunday, the Pope did not deliver the Angelus message, but the following text was released: "I send you these thoughts still from the hospital, where, as you know, I have been for several days, accompanied by doctors and health workers, whom I thank for the attention with which they look after me."
The Pope said he felt "in his heart the 'blessing' that is hidden within fragility." "I thank God for having given me the opportunity to share in body and spirit the difficult situation of so many sick and suffering people."
Francis also thanked the faithful who pray for his health: "I feel all your affection and your closeness and, at this particular moment, I feel like I am 'carried' and supported by all the People of God. Thank you all!" the pontiff remarked.
