(2 Mar 2025)
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Rome – 2 March 2025
1. Various of candles with Pope Francis’ image on them
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"Pope Francis is in stable condition. He had a calm night, he woke up, had a coffee for breakfast and read the newspapers, according to the latest medical bulletin issued by the Vatican, today. But the real news this morning is that he received a visit from the top two Vatican officials, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the substitute (Secretary of State) Edgar Parra Pena. There are no details about the timing, the duration and the topic of the meeting."
3. Pope John Paul II statue
4. Various of people leaving candles and cards and sitting by a makeshift memorial at the foot of a statue of Pope John Paul II
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"Today, many faithful gathered here under the statue of John Paul II, in prayer, hoping and waiting for an appearance of the Holy Father from the window of his suite here at the hospital. But for the third Sunday in a row, Pope Francis canceled his usual Sunday Angelus prayer."
6. Balloons with image of Pope Francis
7. Wide of hospital
8. Window of Gemelli hospital, said to be Pope Francis’ room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"Doctors on Saturday evening, in their last medical bulletin, did not mention any more a critical situation and signaled a continuous improvement. The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized on February 14, and after two weeks of hospitalisation, the medical team is still cautious and keeps the prognosis as guarded, meaning that the Pope is not completely out of danger."
10. Various of people leaving candles and cards and sitting by a makeshift memorial at the foot of a statue of Pope John Paul II
STORYLINE:
A stable Pope Francis had a visit Sunday from the Vatican secretary of state as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia, but again skipped his weekly noon blessing to avoid even a brief public appearance from the hospital.
Instead, the Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere.
“From here, war appears even more absurd,” Francis said in the message, which he drafted in recent days from the Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said.
Francis said he was living his hospitalization as an experience of profound solidarity with people who are sick and suffering everywhere.
It marked the third weekend in a row that Francis has canceled the Sunday appointment delivering the Angelus prayer in person.
He could have done so from his 10th floor hospital suite at the Gemelli hospital if he were well enough.
But many signs indicated he was improving, especially after a respiratory crisis on Friday afternoon that resulted in him inhaling vomit during a coughing fit and raising the possibility of new infection.
“The night was quiet, the pope is still resting,” the Vatican said in its Sunday update.
Francis was up, read the Sunday papers and had coffee and breakfast while continuing with his therapy.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin and his chief of staff, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, also called on the pope Sunday morning, their second visit since Francis’ Feb. 14 hospitalization, according to the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni.
There were no details of what was discussed, but the mere visit suggested Francis’ condition was stabilizing.
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