Shortly before returning to his home in the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis made a brief appearance from a fifth-floor balcony of the Gemelli Clinic in Rome to a crowd of faithful gathered outside the hospital. The moment marked his first public engagement in weeks. Waving and giving a “thumps-up” before blessing the faithful gathered […]
Pope Francis entered the hospital for treatment of bronchitis on Feb. 14. Almost two weeks later, doctors say the pope – who contracted a case of double pneumonia while at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and experienced a “respiratory crisis” on Saturday – will remain in the facility while recovering due to his “complex” medical situation. An […]
CNA — The Holy See Press Office informed journalists Wednesday morning that Pope Francis had another quiet night at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and continues to rest, as his condition remains critical but stable while receiving treatment for double pneumonia. “The pope had a quiet night and is resting,” the Holy See Press Office tells journalists […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis went to the hospital on Rome’s Tiber Island on Wednesday morning after meeting with the public at his general audience. The Vatican confirmed on Feb. 28 that the pope underwent “diagnostic tests” at the Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital before returning to his Vatican residence shortly after noon. According to the […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ lung inflammation has caused him some breathing difficulties, but his condition is stable and “clearly improving,” the Vatican said on Monday. The 86-year-old pope is being treated with antibiotics intravenously and is in “good and stable” condition without a fever, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told journalists on Nov. 27. A […]
Pope Francis gives a rosary to a member of the medical staff at Gemelli Hospital in Rome July 11, as he recovers following scheduled colon surgery. The pope expressed his gratitude for “making me feel at home” while he recovered from surgery, in a July 15 letter to the chairman of the board of directors […]
