Pope Francis asks for prayers in message from hospital
Pope Francis asked Catholics to pray for him as he continued to be treated for double pneumonia in the hospital.
The Pope could not have traditional Angelus prayers held on the second Sunday.
But in a message written in the past few days, he said he “confidently continued” at the Jegli Hospital in Rome and “continue the necessary treatment.”
The news is The Vatican revealed on Saturday that the 88-year-old’s condition remains “critical”.
The Pope thanked the hospital’s doctors and health workers, as well as the blessings who sent the message, in a message released on Sunday.
“I have received a lot of emotional messages in recent days and I am particularly shocked by the letters and drawings of my children,” he wrote.
“Thank you for your intimacy and the comfort prayers I have received from all over the world! I have entrusted everyone to Mary’s intercession and I ask you to pray for me.”
The 88-year-old is First admitted to hospital on February 14 After a few days of difficult breathing.
Because pleuritis occurs – inflammation around the lungs – he is particularly prone to lung infections as an adult and removes part of his lungs at the age of 21.
During his 12 years as president of the Roman Catholic Church, the Argentinian was taken to the hospital several times, including in March 2023, when he spent three nights of bronchitis in the hospital.
The Pope demanded openness about his health, so the Vatican has begun to release daily statements. The pitch and length of the announcement vary, sometimes causing the Pope observer to try to read between two lines.
On Saturday, the Vatican said the Roman Catholic leader was agile and spent the day in an armchair, but he was “no danger” and he was more “uncomfortable” than Friday.
They increased the Pope’s need for blood transfusions, which was due to low platelet counts – related to anemia – he needed “high flow” of oxygen.
The doctor who treated the pope confirmed this week that he was responding to the medication, but his condition was complicated and the slightest change would disturb the so-called “subtle balance.”
As one of them said, “He is the Pope.” “But he is a man too.”
The pope also used his message on Sunday to highlight the third anniversary of the Ukrainian war on Monday and called on people to remember all victims of armed conflict and “pray for peace gifts in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East throughout Myanmar, Kiwo and Sudan ”.
The pope usually prays from the windows of the Apostles’ Palace in the Vatican, accompanied by a brief message.
