Rome (AP) – Francisco continued to recover on Tuesday from pneumonia while the Vatican began a night marathon of prayers from “her home” and his allies encouraged him in the distance with the hope that he could recover and re -lead the Catholic Church.
In his usual morning part, which is usually brief, the Vatican said that “the Pope slept well, all night.”
On Monday night, doctors reported that it was still critical due to double pneumonia, but reported a “slight improvement” in some laboratory results. In the most optimistic newsletter in days, they indicated that he had resumed his work from his room in the hospital and called a parish in the city of Gaza with which he has maintained contact since the war began there.
At nightfall, thousands of faithful gathered in a San Pedro square soaked by the rain for the first night prayer of the Rosary. The prayer recalled the vigils of 2005, when San Juan Paul II agonized in the Apostolic Palace, but many of the attendees said they prayed for the recovery of the Argentine pontiff.
“We came to pray for the Pope, to recover soon, for the great mission he shares with his message of peace,” said Hatzumi Villanueva, from Peru, who praised Francisco’s empathy towards migrants.
Standing in the same scenario that Francisco, 88, usually occupies the Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said that since the hospitalization of the Pope, the choir of sentences for his recovery has spread throughout the world.
“From tonight, we want to publicly unite this prayer here, at home,” said Parolin, praying so that Francisco “at this time of illness and proof” will recover quickly.
The Pope, who was removed from a lung when he was young, has been hospitalized since February 14 and doctors have indicated that his condition is delicate due to his age, his fragility and pre -existing pulmonary disease.
On Monday, doctors said they had not suffered more respiratory crises since Saturday, and that the flow and supplementary oxygen concentration have been slightly reduced. The slight renal failure detected on Sunday was not a cause for alarm at the moment, they added, although they affirmed that their prognosis remained reserved.
Francisco’s conservative critics have been spreading alarming rumors about their state, but their allies have encouraged and have been hopeful with their recovery. Many pointed out that, since the same night of his choice as Pope, the Argentine had asked for the prayers of the faithful on foot, a request that repeats daily.
“I am witnessing everything he did for the Church, with great love for Jesus,” said Cardinal Honduran Oscar RodrÃguez Maradiaga to the newspaper La Repubblica. “Humanly speaking, I don’t think it’s the time to go to paradise.”
Maradiaga, founding member of the intimate circle of Cardinals advisors of Francisco, said he had been close to death due to COVID-19, with high oxygen flows such as Francisco. “I know that the Pope can be suffering and, as such, I feel closer to him in prayer.”
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This article was published by Nicole Winfield on 2025-02-25 03:18:00
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