VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory insufficiency” on Monday (Mar 3) and required use of non-invasive, mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said. Francis has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than two weeks. He was admitted on February 14 with aContinue Reading
ROME: Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no repeat of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday (Mar 1). The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church is still receiving oxygen, but has no fever, hasContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis spent a peaceful night in hospital, the Vatican said on Friday (Feb 28), a day after it noted improvement in his clinical condition for a second straight day. After being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Feb 14 for breathing difficulties, the pontiff’s condition sparked widespreadContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and has shown an “initial, slight insufficiency” in his kidney function, the Vatican said on Sunday (Feb 23). The prognosis for the 88-year-old pope, who required a transfusion of two units of blood onContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday (Feb 23), the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a “critical” condition. The Holy See had late on Saturday reported the alarming news that the pope, who has been in hospital since Feb 14, hadContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, spending his seventh day in hospital as he battles pneumonia, is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday (Feb 20) morning, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on Feb 14 afterContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis followed Sunday (Feb 16) mass and his traditional Angelus weekly prayer on television in a Rome hospital where the 88-year-old pontiff is being treated for bronchitis. The Argentine pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Friday for the latest respiratory infection, influenza or bronchitis, he has caught in recentContinue Reading
ROME: Pope Francis, who has spent the last two nights in hospital, apologised for missing a mass at the Vatican on Sunday (Feb 16), saying that he was still being treated for bronchitis and thanking his doctors for looking after him. Francis, 88, was admitted to a Rome hospital on FridayContinue Reading
