<![CDATA[ No hospital, ciência e fé unem-se pela saúde do Papa ]]>

At the Sacred Heart hospital complex in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized, science and faith coexist for the recovery of the leader of the Catholic Church.

Ana is a nurse and works in the complex, in a building other than the Agostinho Gemelli polyclinic, where Francisco is, but every day she prays for the health of the leader of the Catholic Church.

"It's not a contradiction: Faith and Reason complement each other," he summarizes, at a fast pace, on the way to work.

Regarding the Pope's health, he responds, with a smile: "I hope he gets better so that journalists can leave here, so that there is a place to park."

A few meters away, some rain tents shelter television cameras and teams of journalists for regular live broadcasts in front of the building where the leader of the Catholic Church is located.

"I don't think he can even be seen from here, he's on the other side," he adds.

Pope Francis had a peaceful night again on Wednesday, despite remaining in critical condition, according to the Vatican's morning bulletin.

Francisco, 88 years old, has been hospitalized since February 14 due to double pneumonia.

On Tuesday, the Vatican said the Pope's clinical condition remained critical but stable and that no acute respiratory episodes had been reported.

At the entrance to the complex there are a few police officers, the only unusual sign of a normal day.

"Normally, there isn't a police car permanently present, but now it makes sense. And today there's only one, there used to be more," says one of the workers at a café opposite the entrance to the complex.

With a bag of clothes in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, Fabrizio comes to see his mother who has been bedridden for a few days. "She prays every day, I don't believe it, but I respect it."

After a scheduled intervention, the 84-year-old mother is due to be discharged this week, news that Fabrizio would like to see repeated in Francisco's room.

"It would be better if he survived, because he is sorely missed. This world is going crazy. It's Trump, it's Ukraine. He is the voice of reason," he sums up.