(21 Mar 2025)
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Rome – 21 March 2025
1. Various of book presentation
2. Various of Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Vatican Deputy Secretary of State, who met the Pope in person at the Gemelli Hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Vatican chief of staff:
"The pope will recover. The pope is recovering well. The doctors say he needs some time, but it’s going well progressively. I found him well, serene, in good humor, and good, just like him, tough with the desire to go forward."
Journalist (out of frame): "How is the voice therapy going?
Peña Parra: "They tell me is going well”
4. Various of book curated by Father Antonio Spadaro on Pope Francis’ writings on poetry
5. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández entering venue of the presentation
6. Various of book presentation
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Doctrine of Faith:
"Right now, the Pope is physically very well. Almost as he was before of the sickness, but now he must learn to speak again. He has very poor strength in his voice, as everybody has perceived from the audio message from a few days ago. He now needs some therapy and time to retrieve the strength of his voice. And also for the muscles, as he was sedentary for too long."
8. Fernandez and journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Doctrine of Faith:
Journalist: "Was the option of resigning ever taken into consideration?"
Fernández: "No, not at all that I know. On the contrary I believe that this time of pain and fatigue for him, limits, it’s the beginning of a new stage, that will be fruitful and will be part of his pontificate."
10. Fernández talking to people from the audience
11. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, prefect of the doctrine of faith:
Journalist (out of frame): "Can we expect the Pope to join the Easter ceremonies?"
Fernández: "I don’t think so, not yet. but I can’t be sure about that."
12. Various of book presentation
STORYLINE:
Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers said Friday that Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate would open, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old pontiff hit the five-week mark in his hospitalization.
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra said he had found Francis in good humor and serene during the three times he had visited the pope at the Gemelli hospital.
Peña Parra, who is the Vatican chief of staff, visited Francis on Feb. 24, March 2, and March 9 along with the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the lone Vatican officials who have called on him aside from his personal secretaries.
“The pope will recover," Peña Parra said on the sidelines of a book launch. “The pope is recovering well. The doctors say that he needs some time, but it’s going well progressively."
“I found him well, serene, in good humor, and — just like him — tough with the desire to go forward,” he said.
The Vatican press office reported Friday that Francis’ overall condition remained stable, with slight improvements as he continues respiratory and physical physiotherapy.
He was continuing to reduce his reliance on the high-flows of supplemental oxygen he has needed to breathe during the day and no longer needs the mechanical ventilation mask at night.
In other comments Friday, another top Francis friend and ally, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, said “a new stage” was opening in Francis’ 12-year pontificate and that he expects some surprises from the pope when he is released.
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