(20 Feb 2025)
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Rome – 20 February 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Silvia Stellacci, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 2 AND 3++
"Pope Francis spent a peaceful sixth night here, at the Gemelli Hospital, where the Vatican said on Thursday, he is now sitting up and eating breakfast out of bed. This is the second piece of reassuring news coming from the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, who stated late on Wednesday that Pope Francis’ blood tests showed a slight improvement. The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to the hospital last Friday with bronchitis, which, after further examination, was diagnosed as pneumonia affecting both of his lungs. The Vatican reported that (the) Pope’s condition remains stable."
2. Various of candles with images of Francis’ face on them
3. Various of Pope John Paul II statue outside Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is being treated
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia, eating breakfast out of bed Thursday morning after a sixth peaceful night at the hospital, the Vatican said.
Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni issued a new update after confirming late Wednesday that new blood tests showed a “slight improvement” in some inflammation indices for the 88-year-old pontiff, who had an acute case of pneumonia in 2023 and is prone to respiratory infections in winter.
Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened.
Doctors on Tuesday diagnosed pneumonia in both lungs, on top of a polymicrobial infection in his respiratory tract, meaning a combination of bacteria, viral and other organisms.
He is taking a combination of antibiotics and cortisone for what doctors also diagnosed as asthmatic bronchitis.
Doctors say pneumonia in such a fragile, elderly patient makes him particularly prone to complications given the difficulty in being able to effectively expel fluid from his lungs.
While his heart is strong, Francis isn’t a particularly healthy 88-year-old.
He isn’t physically active, uses a wheelchair because of bad knees, had part of one lung removed as a young man, and has admitted to being a not-terribly-cooperative patient in the past.
AP video shot by Silvia Stellacci and Andrea Rosa
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