(14 Feb 2025)
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Rome – 14 February 2025
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Pope Francis is being hospitalized to treat bronchitis and undergo some necessary diagnostic tests, the Vatican said Friday, confirming the latest issues with the 88-year-old’s pontiff’s health.
Francis was diagnosed with bronchitis last Thursday, but he has continued to hold daily audiences in his Vatican hotel suite, attended his general audience Wednesday and even presided at an outdoor Mass on Sunday.
to an aide to read aloud, saying he was having trouble breathing.
Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, has long battled health problems, especially long bouts of acute bronchitis in winter.
He uses a wheelchair, walker or cane when moving around his apartment and recently fell twice, hurting his arm and chin.
Ever since his diagnosis, Francis has appeared bloated, an indication the medication he was taking to treat the lung infection was making him retain water.
Francis is being hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was last hospitalized in June 2023 to have surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in the abdominal wall.
A few months before that, he spent three days in the hospital to receive intravenous antibiotics for a respiratory infection.
A Vatican statement said Francis would be admitted at the end of his Friday audiences.
The Vatican didn’t provide details of the duration of Francis’ hospitalization or what would come of his scheduled events.
He has a busy weekend agenda with another special Holy Year event planned, this time honoring artists.
On the calendar is an audience with artists Saturday, a Mass on Sunday and a trip to Rome’s famed Cinecitta studios on Monday.
The Vatican announcement, delivered ahead of Francis’ hospitalization, came in sharp contrast to the 2023 hospitalization for bronchitis that caused confusion.
Initially, the Vatican had said he had gone in for scheduled tests, but the pontiff later revealed he had felt pain in his chest and was rushed to the hospital where bronchitis was diagnosed.
He was put on intravenous antibiotics and was released April 1, quipping as he left that he was “still alive.”
Francis spent 10 days at the same hospital in July 2021 following intestinal surgery for a bowel narrowing.
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