(20 Feb 2025)
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Vatican City – 20 February 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press:
"The Vatican is saying that Pope Francis’s overall clinical condition is improving slightly. His heart is working well as he fights this pneumonia infection. This update comes as cardinals are beginning to talk about his health situation, the possibility – remote as it may be – that he might resign if he becomes too sick to be able to carry on. Pope Francis himself has said that that is a possibility. He has actually written a letter of resignation that would be invoked if he becomes medically incapable of guiding the church. There’s no indication that he is near that point now, and more recently, the Pope has said that the job of the Pope is for life."
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Rome – 20 February 2025
2. Various exterior shots of Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is hospitalized
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis’ overall clinical condition is “improving slightly” and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican said Thursday, as some of his cardinals cheered him on and insisted that the Catholic Church was very much alive and well even in his absence.
In a late update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis has no fever and that his key heart parameters “continue to be stable.”
The 88-year-old pope was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened; doctors later diagnosed the onset of pneumonia in both lungs on top of asthmatic bronchitis and prescribed “absolute rest.”
Francis has already confirmed that shortly after being elected pontiff he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impeded him from carrying out his duties.
There is no provision in canon law for what to do if a pope becomes incapacitated.
There is no indication Francis is in any way incapacitated.
Bruni said he woke up Thursday, got out of bed and had breakfast in an armchair, and worked from his hospital room with his aides.
Blood tests have shown a “slight improvement” in some inflammation indices but it will still be some time before doctors will know if the various therapies are working.
The pope had an acute case of pneumonia in 2023 and is prone to respiratory infections in winter.
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