(11 Mar 2025)
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Rome – 11 March
1. Various of priests praying in front of Pope John Paul II statute outside Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia
2. Close of rosary
3. Woman standing in front of statue
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Sister Maria Letizia Salazar, nun:
(Speaking about the latest update on Pope Francis’ health)
“It really makes me happy, because we were sad as it looked like he was not recovering and there was news about him being in a difficult condition. But now that I’ve got this news I am very happy. It makes me happy that he is now better.”
5. Close of rosaries left on statue
6. Priest praying in front of statue
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Vijay Kumar, priest:
“I came to pray for the pope. Every day I’m going to (the) Vatican to say the rosary. I today felt I should pray for him (by) coming to the hospital, and to say one more rosary for him. Through our prayers surely we can help everyone and the whole world.”
8. Women looking at tributes in front statue
9. Close of drawing left on base of statute reading (Italian) “Be strong, Pope Francis, I love you.”
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Gaetano Garofalo, faithful:
(Speaking about the latest update on Pope Francis’ health)
“I am extremely happy, we hope in our lord. This proves that if we have trust in God and his will then things go well.”
11. Various of Gemelli hospital
STORYLINE:
Catholic faithful reacted with joy on Tuesday after Pope Francis woke to good news from his doctors.
They upgraded his prognosis and say he is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of the double pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month in the longest and gravest threat to his 12-year papacy.
"It really makes me happy," said Sister Maria Letizia Salazar, who came to pray for the pope outside Gemelli hospital where he is being treated.
"We were sad as it looked like he was not recovering and there was news about him being in a difficult condition. But now that I’ve got this news I am very happy," she added.
The 88-year-old pope isn’t out of the woods yet, however.
Doctors are still cautious and have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment, not to mention a period of rehabilitation he will likely need.
But the doctors said he remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days, according to blood tests and his good response to treatment.
Francis, who has chronic lung disease, is still using supplemental oxygen during the day and a ventilation mask at night to help him breathe.
In an early update Tuesday, the Vatican said Francis woke up around 8 a.m. after a quiet night.
The Argentine Jesuit has regularly been sleeping in while at Gemelli hospital; his usual wakeup time at the Vatican is around 4:30 a.m.
Late Monday, doctors lifted their “guarded” prognosis for the pope, meaning they determined he was no longer in imminent danger as a result of the original respiratory infection he arrived with on February 14.
But their caution remained, given Francis’ fragility and risks of other complications.
AP video shot by: Paolo Lucariello
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