The health of Pope Francis has improved slightly, but it remains in critical condition, said the Vatican in a medical update.
On Sunday, the state of the pope would have been critical for respiratory and renal problems.
But the Vatican has now said that a “light” kidney problem was not a source of concern, more than a week after his admitted to the hospital.
“Even today, there have been no episodes of asthmatic respiratory attacks; some laboratory tests have improved,” said the Vatican in an 88 -year -old health bulletin.
The pontiff resumed work on Monday and called the priest of the parish of Gaza “to express his paternal proximity,” added the Vatican.
The pope has oxygen therapy but doctors “clearly do not yet disclose the prognosis,” said a statement.
It is certainly the most positive declaration on the health of the Pope in a few days, but his condition is always described as critical. His doctors are not ready to give a kind of prognosis.
That said, Vatican sources tonight said that Francis ate “normally” and “can move”. It is not bedridden. He has no fever and no apparent signs of septicemia. Friday, his doctors described such development as the greatest risk, in his situation.
The work that the Pope was doing on Monday afternoon was “light” – reading and signature documents.
He called a Catholic parish in Gaza most of the evenings throughout the war. It is believed that it was the first call he has been able to make in recent days, although he continued the practice during his first hospitalization.
SATURDAYThe Vatican said that the Pope had experienced a respiratory crisis and was in a “critical” condition, but later Sunday, he published an update on Sunday that he had “not presented to other respiratory crises” .
Earlier Sunday, The Pope published a statement asking Catholics to pray for him After being unable to deliver the traditional prayer of Angelus in person for the second consecutive week.
And at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. GMT) on Monday, the cardinals who are in Rome gathered outside the Saint-Pierre basilica to direct the prayers for the pope, as well as members of the Vatican Curia and the clergy of the diocese from Rome.
They will continue to meet every evening, from now on, to recite the rosary.
Monday evening’s prayer will be led by Cardinal Parolin, who is the Secretary of State of the Vatican.
The pontiff is particularly sensitive to pneumonia, an infection of lungs which can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, after having contracted pleurisy – inflammation of the lungs – as a young man and has been eliminated from the lung partial.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church was admitted to the hospital several times during his 12 -year term, in particular to be treated for bronchitis in the same hospital in March 2023.
From Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin America and the first Jesuit to direct the Roman Catholic Church.
