The Vatican reported on Monday (17) that the examinations performed in Pope Francis showed a “polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract that required intensifying therapy”, which, according to Santa Fe, “will” require proper hospitalization. ”
“All tests performed so far are indicative of a complex clinical condition that will require adequate hospitalization,” said the Vatican statement, suggesting that Francis will remain in the hospital for more days, after being admitted on Friday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome .
According to the Holy See, the treatment of the 88 -year -old Pope was changed with the new diagnosis and there is no forecast of discharge.
Despite the update of the clinical condition, the Vatican reported that Francisco rested well and passed “quiet” his third night at the hospital.
This Sunday (16), the Pontiff accompanied the Mass celebrated in its place by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça on the occasion of the Jubilee of the artists, in which was read the homily that Francisco had prepared, while in the afternoon “alternated reading with the afternoon Rest, “according to the Vatican.
On Saturday (15), Santa Fe had announced that “to facilitate their recovery, the medical team prescribed absolute rest to the Pope.”
Since the beginning of the month, the Vatican has been informing that the Pope was suffering from a “strong cold”, as he himself stated at the general hearing of the 5th, and in the following days he held his hearings, but at his residence, the Holy House Martha, not to travel to the papal palace “because of a bronchitis”.
On Friday, the Pontiff also reported on the cancellation of its official agenda until Monday.