Pope Francis' health status report: “critical” but “stable”

VATICAN CITY.- On Wednesday, Vatican sources reported that Pope Francis spent a quiet night, had a normal breakfast, and moved to the armchair, while he continues treatment for bilateral pneumonia and the results of the computerized tomography (CAT) scan performed the day before show a slight improvement .

The Holy See announced today that Pope Francis has experienced a “new and slight improvement” during his hospitalization in Rome due to his respiratory problems and the CT scan performed on him has shown “a normal evolution” of his lung condition.

📌 The Pope's health is showing a slight improvement. The kidney failure has subsided and the lung development is normal. He continues with oxygen therapy and respiratory physiotherapy. Although he remains stable, the prognosis is reserved. He received the Eucharist and worked in the afternoon pic.twitter.com/oizeePt5x8

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The latest medical report on Tuesday said the 88-year-old Holy Father remains in a “critical” but “stable” condition at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he has been hospitalized for 13 days.

It was also explained that the “stability” of his condition also refers to the kidney failure that had been diagnosed in recent days, “mild”, “under control” and not causing concern among his doctors.

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The pontiff continues to work from his hospital room and continues with oxygen therapy, but with flows that are “slightly reduced” compared to previous days.

In recent days he has signed some appointments and on Monday canonization decrees, such as that of José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros , the first saint of Venezuela, in addition to modifying some laws to give more powers to the first female "governor" of the Vatican City State, Sister Raffaella Petrini .

He also announced the organization of a consistory to set a date for the canonizations, although the date has not been specified.

This announcement brought to mind the consistory, or meeting of cardinals, at which Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the pontificate.

On Monday afternoon, he received at the Gemelli Hospital the Vatican Secretary of State , the Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin , and the Deputy Secretary of State , the Venezuelan Edgar Peña Parra .

Meanwhile, the cardinals, members of the Curia and the faithful who wish to do so will continue to pray the rosary every night in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

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