The church community pray for him Pope Franciscowho was hospitalized this wednesday for a incisional hernia. The 86-year-old pontiff presents a fragile health pictureAfter his delicate colon surgery in July 2021.
The faithful of the Church have sent messages of support for Francis in recent hours, especially through Twitter.
The worldwide concern is such that “Pope Francisco” became a trend on the social network.
The health of Pope Francis
Francisco’s comprehensive well-being deteriorated due to the knee problemsa disease of which there is no official information and of which the pontiff said that he does not want to undergo surgery.
For nearly a decade, the world knew him for suffering from a chronic sciatica that forced him to walk badly and for which he had to renounce official ceremonies on several occasions and postpone trips.
At the age of 21, Francisco almost died from pleurisyaccording to her biographer Austen Ivereigh, and for this reason they had to remove some cysts from his lung in 1957.
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Of his affections it is known that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires I used to go to a chinese acupuncturist for the back painsaccording to his biographer in the newspaper The Tablet Catholic.
also suffered “gallstones” and in 2004 he had a “temporary” heart problem due to a slight narrowing of an arteryaccording to his biographer.
His liver problems were resolved instead with a change in diet.
hospitalizations
In July 2021 he underwent a diverticular stenosis surgery which involved a left hemicolectomywith general anesthesia.
It was a surgical intervention to remove one portion of the colon and reduce problems caused by diverticulawhich are small hernias in its wall.
In an interview in January, he let it be understood that the colon problems had returned.
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In April 2023, He was admitted to the Gemelli hospital due to respiratory problemsand stayed three days, in which he was administered antibiotics.
“If we had waited a little more hours, it would have been more serious,” he later acknowledged in an interview with the Telemundo network.
The Argentine pope often speaks “freely and transparently” about his health problems, both physical and psychological.
Despite this, the Vatican continues to maintain the usual secrecy and reports vaguely, which raises doubts and questions about the real conditions of the pope.
Source: Ambito
