In recent years, the head of the Catholic Church has shown a weakened health, with hip problems, knee pain, operations and respiratory infections, and has suffered several alerts, which did not prevent him from maintaining an intense agenda of commitments.
He informed him on Saturday (15) that the hospitalized on Friday (14) with bronchitis, slept well. “Pope Francis spent a quiet night and slept well,” said journalists Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Service, adding that he goes to the hospital. The pontiff was hospitalized to treat a bronchitis that causes it to respiratory difficulties. “He took breakfast this morning (Saturday) and read the newspapers. The exams and treatments continue, ”he said. The 88 -year -old Pontiff, which has been bronchitis since last week, had to give up reading his speech during his general weekly audience in the middle of the week.
The Vatican reported that the Pope had undergone tests that showed “an infection on the airways” and had “low fever.” According to Italian media vehicles, he may remain hospitalized for several days. In recent years, the Pope has shown weakened health, with hip problems, knee pain, operations and respiratory infections, and has suffered several alerts, which has not prevented him from maintaining an intense agenda of commitments.
Francisco, who underwent a partial extraction of a lung in his youth, had already suffered two episodes of bronchitis in 2023, one of which forced him to cancel a visit to Dubai to participate in the United Nations COP28 on the climate. The leader of the Catholic Church has shifted since 2022 in a wheelchair, due to persistent pain in one knee and needs to lean on a cane at the few occasions where he stands. Recently, he started using a hearing aid.
Posted by Sarah Paula
*With information from AFP
