Pope Francis “raises” and continues his activity in the hospital while the Pontifical Academy for Life warns in front of the “crows” that speculate on their health

The Vatican has reported early this Thursday that the Papa Francisco hospitalized since Friday by bilateral pneumonia, has spent “a quiet night” and “got up and had breakfast in an armchair.” Francisco continues his work activity, “reading and signing documents”, as well as maintaining “telephone conversations or with nearby collaborators,” he specified.

Francisco entered the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for a bronchitis last Friday but, on Tuesday, the Holy See announced that it suffered bilateral pneumonia. However, the part of Wednesday indicated that “blood tests, examined by medical staff, show slight improvement, particularly the indicators” of inflammation.

The announcement that the Pope suffers pneumonia-a lung tissue infection, potentially mortal-revived the concern for the health of the leader of the Catholic Church. This diagnosis is complicated, since the Argentine Jesuit was removed from the right pulmonary lobe when he was young.

On Wednesday he received the visit of his closest collaborators and the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. According to the president, who was with him about 20 minutes, the Pope was “alert and receptive.” Meloni said he even “joked” with him. “He has not lost his famous sense of humor,” said the leader.

A Vatican source indicated Wednesday that the Pope could get up and sit in an armchair. Breathe without mechanical assistance, but it is not ruled out to use it at times. However, for the pontiff this disease represents “a difficult situation undoubtedly,” Andrea Ungar, professor of geriatrics at the University of Florence. The infection “passed from one lung to the other through the bronchi (…) and can cause respiratory failure,” explained the expert, who stressed the importance of the Pope remaining “active.”

In front of the Gemelli hospital, a multitude of faithful have approached to light candles with Francisco’s face, as a sign of support, and the Church invited all Catholics in the world to pray for the health of the Pope.

Francisco’s hospitalization, the fourth in less than four years, has relaunched the debate on his health, especially because his income reaches the beginning of the Jubilee Year of the Catholic Church, which implies A long list of events many of them presided by the Pope.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Vicenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has warned about the “crows” that speculate on the health of the Pontiff. “I have positive news. I hope the Pope can recover soon because he is needed. It is necessary that he can fully resume his life as a pastor of the church, which is currently more than beautiful,” says Paglia this Thursday in the newspaper Republic.

The 88 -year -old Pontiff multiplied his activities with the jubilee in the weeks prior to his entry into the Gemelli of Rome, but, says Paglia, “this is Pope Francis. Certainly one of the problems of his health is the carelessness that Sometimes it manifests towards her.

The archbishop is “happy” that Francisco has not lost his sense of humor in the hospital, as Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday “because there is no lack of crows, and know that the Pope also jokes It seems useful news for everyone. “

Asked whether when he speaks of crows he refers to the ‘fake news’ that circulate on the worsening of the Pope, Paglia replies: “Yes, and not only that. Let’s look at this moment with greater positivity.”

And about Francisco’s possible return to Vatican, he says: “I imagine that you will not have to wait long. And I hope that he and all of us are much more careful when moderating, say, his excesses of commitment. We all know to what direct contact with people is really life for him. “