Doctors on Saturday February 15, 2025 prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis and modified the treatment for his respiratory tract infection, Vatican said, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted to a hospital following a weeklong bout of bronchitis.
Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital, ate breakfast, read the newspapers and received the Eucharist on Saturday, February 15, alternating rest with prayer and reading during the afternoon, the Vatican said.
On doctors' orders, Francis didn’t delivered his traditional Sunday noon blessing, which he could have done from his hospital room if he was well enough.
It should be noted that the Argentine pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday February 14, after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. It was his fourth hospitalization since his 2013 election and raised questions about his increasingly precarious health.
KNews gathered from NPR media that preliminary tests showed that he had a respiratory tract infection, which was confirmed Saturday. In a late afternoon bulletin, the Vatican said that Francis had no fever on Saturday and that tests showed some improvement.
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