(22 Feb 2025)
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Rome – 22 February 2025
1. Various of faithful gathered to pray around the statue of Pope John Paul II
2. Close up of nuns praying
3. Various of nuns praying
4. Close up of hands holding rosary
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese), Sabrina Dealbuquerque, nun from Brazil:
"Our wish is that he (Pope Francis) can regain his strength to continue leading our church.”
6. Nuns praying
7. Close up of hands holding rosaries
8. Wide of faithful praying
9. Close up of candles with images of Pope Francis’ face on them
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Edgar Henriquez, priest from Chile:
"We are here to pray for the Holy Father. We have all come together in a very spontaneous way. Some nuns organized this rosary but we have all joined in this prayer. I believe that the Pope needs the unity and prayer of the Church to accompany and support him at this difficult time as well. Let us ask God for much strength for him and, if God wills it, physical health and above all spiritual health at this time."
11. Close up of hands holding rosary
12. Various of nuns praying
13. Top shot of faithful gathered to pray around the statue of Pope John Paul II
STORYLINE:
Dozens gathered Saturday in front of Rome’s Gemelli hospital where the pope is hospitalised to pray for his health.
Priests and nuns from various congregations around the world surrounded a statue of Pope John Paul II to pray the rosary.
"Our wish is that he can regain his strength to continue leading our church", said Sabrina Dealbuquerque, a nun from Brazil.
The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and will keep him hospitalized for at least another week.
Francis slept well overnight, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief early update Saturday.
But doctors have warned that the main threat facing the 88-year-old Francis would be the onset of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.
As of Friday, there was no evidence of any sepsis, and Francis was responding to the various drugs he is taking, the pope’s medical team said in their first in-depth update on the pope’s condition.
AP video by Francesco Sportellie and Florent Bajrami
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