Global prayers for ‘critically ill’ pope
AFP | Vatican City
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Pope Francis spent his tenth day in hospital Sunday as Catholics around the world prayed for his recovery, the day after the Vatican warned the 88-year-old’s condition was “critical”. The Argentine pontiff, who is being treated for double pneumonia, suffered a prolonged asthma-style attack on Saturday and required blood transfusions for a low platelet count.
On Sunday morning the Holy See said “the night passed peacefully, the pope rested” -- indicating no repeat of the crisis the previous day, Vatican sources said.
But Francis, who had part of a lung removed when he was a young man, is still receiving oxygen through a tube in his nostrils in the papal suite at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
In a message published Sunday but written in the past few days, the Jesuit thanked hospital staff and said he had confidence in his treatment.
“I am confidently continuing my hospitalisation at the Gemelli Hospital, carrying on with the necessary treatment -- and rest is also part of the therapy!” he said.
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