(19 Feb 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rome – 19 February 2025
1. Statue of Pope John Paul II in front of Gemelli hospital
2. Candles with Pope Francis’s photo in front of hospital, 10th floor windows where he is staying in background
3. Entrance to Gemelli hospital
4. 10th floor windows
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Trisha Thomas, The Associated Press:
“Here on this hill across from Gemelli Hospital, journalists are gathered with their cameras facing the windows of Pope Francis, who is being treated for pneumonia in both of his lungs. The pope was brought in last Friday, February 14th, with a bronchitis. But yesterday, after an X-ray, Vatican officials said now they’ve discovered pneumonia. They’re treating it with antibiotics and with cortisone. They do not know how long the 88-year-old pope will be in the hospital. Bishops and cardinals have been stepping in for him at the various Jubilee events, where he was expected to appear. And now, perhaps, there’s a little pressure under way at the Vatican, trying to decide who might replace the Pope eventually, if the worst happens. For the moment, people are just waiting here. The faithful are outside. They say they are praying that Pope Francis will get better."
6. Media on hill
7. Journalists with hospital building in background
8. Entrance to hospital
STORYLINE:
A crowd of journalists, photographers and TV cameras lined up on the hillside facing Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday morning as news of the Pope Francis’s pneumonia raised concerns about the 88-year old’s fragility.
Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said.
His respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which requires the use of cortisone and antibiotic treatment.
Nevertheless the pope, who had the upper lobe of his right lung removed as a young man, is in good spirits and is grateful for the prayers for his recovery.
The pontiff was admitted to the Gemelli hospital in a “fair” condition on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
On Monday, medical personnel determined that he was suffering from a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection, meaning a mix of viruses, bacteria and possibly other organisms had colonized in his respiratory tract.
Pneumonia can develop in part of one lung or an entire lung or both lungs.
It tends to be more serious when both lungs are affected because there isn’t healthy lung tissue to compensate.
The Vatican hasn’t provided any information about how Francis is responding to any of the drugs he has been given other than to say he isn’t running a fever.
AP video shot by: Silvia Stellacci and Joel Paqui
Produced by Trisha Thomas
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