Pope Francis is showing gradual, slight improvement after being hospitalized
Vatican activities during Francis’ hospitalization and the movement for life: Pope Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Michael Czerny, and the World of volunteers
According to a health update from the Holy See Press Office on Saturday, Francis has shown “a good response to the therapies,” but doctors at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital continue to consider his prognosis as “guarded,” which means the outcome is still uncertain.
Francis worked and rested during the day on Saturday, as he entered his fourth week at Rome’s Gemelli hospital with his condition stabilized following a few bouts of acute respiratory crises last week.
His doctors took the necessary precautions in order to record his initial improvements in the coming days.
The Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued despite the absence of its spiritual leader, with Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrating Mass for an anti- abortion group. At the beginning, Parolin had delivered a message from the pope that talked about protecting life from birth to natural death.
Francis encouraged the faithful to promote anti-abortion activities not just for the unborn, but also for the elderly in the message he sent to the Movement for Life.
Later Saturday, another cardinal closely associated with Francis’ papacy, Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, presides over the nightly recitation of prayers for Francis. Czerny then returns on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Year Mass for volunteers that Francis was supposed to have celebrated.
“During my prolonged hospitalization here,” Francis said in the prayer, “I too experience the thoughtfulness of service and the tenderness of care, in particular from the doctors and healthcare workers, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart.”
The pope offered a prayer for those living in countries that are experiencing armed conflicts, as the Jubilee for the World of volunteering event was taking place in Rome over the weekend.
“In our societies, too enslaved to market logic, where everything risks being subject to the criterion of interest and the quest for profit,” Francis said, “volunteering is prophecy and a sign of hope, because it bears witness to the primacy of gratuitousness, solidarity, and service to those most in need.”
A Funeral Home for Francis E. Fr”oster’esz — A Bronchitis Patient in the Early 2023s
The 88-year-old entered the hospital on Feb. 14 for a case of bronchitis. Francis had part of his lung removed in his twenties due to an infection, and he was briefly hospitalized for a case of bronchitis in 2023.
Pope Francis, who was admitted to hospital last month for a respiratory crisis, has shown “a good response to the therapies”, the Holy See Press Office said. However, doctors at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital remain “guarded” about his prognosis, it added. The Pope entered his fourth week at the hospital with his condition stable following a few bouts of acute respiratory crises last week.