(28 Feb 2025)
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Rome – 28 February 2025
1. Woman standing in front of late Pope John Paul II statue in front of Gemelli hospital entrance
2. Close of Pope Francis images on candles
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Crowther, AP Correspondent:
“Pope Francis has now spent his 14th night here at the Gemelli hospital in Rome; he was first hospitalised on the 14th of February for bronchitis and he is now being treated for double pneumonia. The statements from the Vatican show that his health is improving, and doctors are no longer describing him for a second day on a row as being in a critical condition, though they had previously said that he was not out of danger. We have not seen the pope for fourteen days now, there have been no photos of him here at the Gemelli hospital, and he has made no appearances on the tenth floor here either, but essentially what the Vatican is describing is a pope who is working, who is essentially in charge, and who over the last 24 hours was also able to visit his private chapel here to pray.”
4. Close of John Paul II statue, hospital’s windows in the background
5. Wide exterior of Gemelli hospital
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia Friday as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection but held out on declaring him out of danger entirely.
The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, a Vatican official and former vicar of Rome, will preside over the March 5 ceremony and procession that inaugurates the church’s solemn Lenten season leading up to Easter in April.
The Vatican’s early Friday update suggested a level of normalcy and routine as the 88-year-old pope continues recovering at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. “As in past days, the night was tranquil and the pope now is resting,” it said.
Francis had breakfast, read the day’s newspapers and was receiving respiratory physiotherapy, the Vatican said.
In their Thursday evening bulletin, doctors said Francis’ clinical condition had confirmed that he was improving.
He was alternating the high-flow supplemental oxygen he had been receiving by a nasal tube with a mask in a sign of improved respiratory function.
Additionally, he left his hospital room to go to his nearby private chapel to pray, while continuing with respiratory physiotherapy and work, the Vatican said.
For the second day in a row, doctors avoided saying Francis was in critical condition, suggesting he had overcome the most acute phase of the infection. But given the complexity of his lung infection, they said “further days of clinical stability are needed” before they revise their prognosis officially and say he is out of danger.
Francis has been at Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14 after his bronchitis worsened.
He has shown steady, albeit slight, improvements since a respiratory crisis and kidney trouble over the weekend sparked fears for his life.
The improvements beat back speculation of an imminent death or resignation and signalled that he was still very much in charge.
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