(19 Feb 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 19 February 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Mid of the Vespers prayer for Pope Francis inside Rome’s Argentinian church, Holy Mary of Sorrows
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Olga Bitlan, Catholic faithful:
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“We hope that he will get better soon and that he will be back to pray for us, for everyone. We pray for him, we hope that he will recover soon and that he will stay with us praying for the years to come.”
3. Banner inside church reading (Italian) “Prayer for the Pope” with text of prayer
4. Wide interior of Argentinian Church of Rome
5. Close of person’s hands while praying
6. Mid of Bitlan praying during the prayer for Pope Francis
7. Pull focus of two women praying
8. Close of poster reading (Spanish) "Prayer for Pope Francis’s health”
9. Faithful entering church
10. Wide of church exterior
STORYLINE:
Rome’s diocese invited all the parishes and religious communities of the city to hold a communitarian silent prayer on Wednesday afternoon for the health of Pope Francis.
The prayer, meant to give to the Pontiff strength and hope, took place before the evening Vespers mass.
Small groups of Catholic faithful gathered in the hundreds of churches that are scattered all over Rome in the late afternoon for an hour-long silent prayer.
Olga Bitlan, a Catholic faithful praying at the Argentinian Church of Rome, said she hopes that the Pope "will recover soon and that he will stay with us praying for the years to come."
The Vatican said on Wednesday that Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, was up, eating and had gotten out of bed after a tranquil night, a day after tests confirmed he had pneumonia in both lungs on top of asthmatic bronchitis.
Francis was admitted to the Gemelli hospital 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. Late Tuesday, the Vatican said a chest CT scan showed the onset of bilateral pneumonia on top of asthmatic bronchitis, which is being treated with cortisone and antibiotics.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited Pope Francis in the hospital and says he’s “alert and responsive” and full of good humor despite his pneumonia. The Vatican said Francis’ overall condition remained stationary, but that blood tests showed a “slight improvement” in key inflammation indices.
AP Video by Isaia Montelione
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