On Tuesday night (25), the 88-year-old Argentine Jesuit underwent a programmed control CT (computed tomography) for the radiological monitoring of bilateral pneumonia ” ‘radiological monitoring’
O whose state of health remains “critical”, had “a quiet night”, announced on Wednesday (26) on the day the 88 -year -old Argentine Jesuit completes 13 days of hospitalization to treat bilateral pneumonia. The spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, hospitalized at the Gemelli clinic of Rome, passed “a quiet night and is resting,” the Holy See said in a brief statement.
On Tuesday night, the Vatican reported that the state of health remained “critical but stable”, with “reserved” prognosis, but that the pontiff had worked during the day. The medical report also indicated that it underwent a “computed tomography) of programmed control for radiological monitoring of bilateral pneumonia”, a potentially fatal pulmonary tissue infection.
According to a source of the Vatican, the results of the exam, the third since its hospitalization, should be known on Wednesday. Jorge Bergoglio’s health worries the whole world. Catholics pray for their rapid recovery from their hometown of Buenos Aires to St. Peter’s Square, where on Tuesday faithful and cardinals prayed a rosary.
The scene remembered the concentrations organized before the death of John Paul II in 2005, but Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, who coordinated the Pope’s cardinals, said that “this is not yet the time for him to go to heaven” . “We always pray for him and now we redouble,” said Tuesday night Marcela Oviedo, 55, during a mass for the health of the Pope celebrated in Rome.
On the morning of Wednesday, candles, drawings and messages of support for Pope Francis decorated the statue of John Paul II in front of GEMELLI Hospital, epicenter of journalists who have been covering the Vatican news for almost two weeks. Hospitalization, the fourth and longest since 2021, causes great concern due to previous problems that have weakened the health of the pontiff in recent years: colon and abdomen operations, as well as difficulties to walk.
And it has provoked new questions about Francis’ ability to perform his duties, in particular because canon law does not provide for any device in case of a serious problem that may affect his lucidity. It also revived speculation about the possibility of Francis to resign, although he has stated several times that the moment has not yet arrived. In addition, it has been more active since the beginning of the week.
On Monday, he called the Gaza Parish, as he has done since the beginning of the war, authorized the canonization of two lay people, including “the poor doctor” José Gregorio Hernández, and convened a consistory (Assembly of Cardinals ), which did not have the date revealed. Leaders from around the world have sent messages from US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, passing through the Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro, who called him the Pope “ethical leader of humanity.”
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
