Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition - World News
Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.
Nicole Winfield And Silvia Stellacci, The Associated Press - Feb 22, 2025 / 10:24 am | Story: 534750
Photo: The Canadian Press
A woman lays a rosary near candles adorned with pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is battling pneumonia, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.
Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
âThe Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved,â the statement said.
Doctors first diagnosed the complex viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract infection and then the onset of pneumonia in both lungs. They prescribed âabsolute restâ and a combination of cortisone and antibiotics, along with supplemental oxygen when he needs it.
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the head of medicine and surgery at Romeâs Gemelli hospital, said the biggest threat facing Francis was that some of the germs that are currently located in his respiratory system pass into the bloodstream, causing sepsis. Sepsis can lead to organ failure and death.
âSepsis, with his respiratory problems and his age, would be really difficult to get out of,â Alfieri told a press conference Friday at Gemelli. âThe English say âknock on wood,â we say âtouch iron.â Everyone touch what they want,â he said as he tapped the microphone. âBut this is the real risk in these cases: that these germs pass to the bloodstream.â
âHe knows he's in danger,â Alfieri added. âAnd he told us to relay that.â
Deacons, meanwhile, were gathering at the Vatican for their special Jubilee weekend. Francis got sick at the start of the Vaticanâs Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration of Catholicism. This weekend, Francis was supposed to have celebrated deacons, a ministry in the church that precedes ordination to the priesthood.
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