Course for Pope Francis: He spent a quiet night in the clinic

Easy breathe in the Vatican and in believers worldwide: After an extremely critical phase on Saturday, there is careful positive news about the health of Pope Francis (88). As the press hall of the Vatican announced on Sunday morning via Telegram, the Catholic head of the church calmly spent the night. “The night went calmly, the Pope rested,” it said literally in the short message.

The calming news comes after a phase of great concern: on Saturday the Vatican still reported a “critical” state of the Pope. In the morning, a “persistent asthmatic respiratory crisis” occurred at Francis, which made an oxygen supply necessary. In addition, the Pontifex had to receive blood transfusions after a lack of platelets had been determined during investigations. He is still “not out of danger”, it also says.

The Pope has been in the Roman Gemelli Clinic for over a week, where it is treated with inflammatory herds in the lungs because of a polymic-robic respiratory infection. The head of the church continued to work from the hospital, but he no longer noticed public appointments. So he will also represent this Sunday at the fair for the anniversary of the deacons in St. Peter’s Basic by Archbishop Rino Fisichella (73).

The treating doctors had already given their greatest concern on Friday: there was a risk that germs from the pope’s respiratory tract could get into his bloodstream and thus cause a very health -hazardous blood poisoning. At the age of 88, Francis is to Leo XIII. (1810-1903) The second oldest Pope in history. Francis was appointed head of the Catholic Church in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI. (1927-2022) voluntarily refrained from office.