(9 Mar 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 9 March 2025
1. Nuns praying under John Paul II statue at Gemelli hospital for Pope Francis’s health
2. Devotee holding candle while praying
3. Mid of two candles, left one showing portrait of Virgin Mary, right one showing portrait of Pope Francis
4. Pull focus from candles under John Paul II statue to nuns praying in background
5. Various of priests and nuns praying
6. Close of priest holding a rosary and praying
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Joji Paul, priest from India:
“So we got an inspiration to pray for the Holy Father inviting all priests, sisters and the lays, as he is recovering here. So it is a communion with the Holy Father, to pray for his good health and speedy recovery and that’s why we are here.”
8. Pull focus from sign inviting faithful to pray for Pope Francis’ health to nuns
9. Wide of faithful praying under John Paul II statue
10. Nuns attending prayer
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Selin Karikkattil, nun from India:
“When we pray together I feel that Jesus will hear our prayer because he himself said where one or two are gathered together I am there. So when we pray together I think he listens to us more.”
12. Faithful holding picture of Pope Francis
13. Nuns placing candles under John Paul II statue after rosary prayer
14. Wide of faithful shouting UPSOUND (Italian) “Long live Pope Francis!”
STORYLINE:
A group of faithful gathered under the statue of John Paul II at Gemelli hospital on Sunday afternoon to pray for Pope Francis’ health.
Many of the faithful were invited by the prayer group Salve, directed by Catholic religious students.
“So we got an inspiration to pray for the Holy Father inviting all priests, sisters and the lays, as he is recovering here,” said Don Joji Paul, a priest from India and Salve member.
Francis has issued a message thanking volunteers for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia.
For the fourth Sunday in a row, the 88-year-old Francis didn’t appear for his weekly noon blessing.
But the Vatican distributed the text he would have delivered if he were well enough.
In it, the Argentine pope thanked all those who were caring for him and others who are sick and experiencing a “night of pain.”
Francis, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained in stable condition at Gemelli, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood for several days, doctors reported in a Vatican statement Saturday.
The doctors said that such stability “as a consequence testifies to a good response to therapy.”
It was the first time the doctors had reported that Francis was responding positively to the treatment for the complex lung infection that was diagnosed after he was hospitalized on February 14.
But they kept his prognosis as “guarded”, meaning he’s not out of danger.
On Sunday morning, the Vatican reported he was resting after a quiet night.
AP video shot by Isaia Montelione
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