Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Italy, so he could miss the Easter festivities. The hospital has not yet granted him a medical discharge.
Although the Pope Francisco spent “a good night” at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, after being hospitalized since wednesday by a Respiratory infectionensure that Your schedule of activities was suspended until further notice.. The 86-year-old pontiff will remain under medical examination for the next few days, so They do not rule out celebrating Palm Sunday from the room.
The next appointments of the head of the Catholic Church were cancelled, according to reports from the Vatican. In addition, they indicated that Francisco will continue to be hospitalized to receive care from health professionals: “It will require several days of adequate hospital medical treatment.”
The announcement of his unexpected hospitalization raised strong questions about the real state of health of the first Latin American pope in history. However, the staff that attends him is “very optimistic” with the picture that he presents this Thursday morning.
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Pope Francis interned in Rome
After assuring that it was “scheduled checks”, the Vatican spokesman finally announced, after several hours of silence, that the pope suffered from a “respiratory infection”.
“In recent days he complained of respiratory difficulties, so he had to undergo medical check-ups on the day”explained in a note the director of the press office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni.
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According to sources inside the hospital, it is possible that the pontiff could preside over the mass of Palm Sunday in the Vatican“except unforeseen”.
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With this mass the celebrations for Holy Week open, which culminates with Easter, the most important festival of Christianity.
In any case, these are long and exhausting ceremonies for a person who was “delicate” for several days.
On the other hand, he also has a trip to Hungary scheduled for the end of April, to the city of Budapest, to attend the closing of an International Eucharistic Encounter.
Source: Ambito
