He Pope Francis He was hospitalized last Friday in Rome, after he was diagnosed with bronchitis. This Tuesday, the Vatican confirmed that the painting rose to a bilateral pneumoniawhich is why you must remain in the Gemelli hospital by Indefinite time.
It is not the first time that the Supreme Pontiff has inconveniences with his health, since at 88 he has suffered a series of interventions and procedures that They have forced him to remain hospitalized on numerous occasions.
Although “the complex clinical picture will require adequate hospitalization,” the Vatican said that the high pontiff “It is in a good mood ” and “Thanks the proximity that he feels at this time and asks, with a grateful heart, that Let’s continue praying for him. “
The health problems that Pope Francis was going through
When I was just over 20 years old, Francisco suffered a serious respiratory infection while living in Argentina that forced doctors to Remove part of a lung. In fact, he reminded the nurse who saved his life, since at that time he decided to double the amount of medications that had been administered.
In July 2021, the Supreme Pontiff was 10 days admitted to the Gemelli hospital after suffering a narrowing of the large intestine. On that occasion, doctors They removed 33 centimeters from colonand after receiving the discharge, he declared that he could eat what he wanted to the questions about his rehabilitation. However, he went through Complications with general anesthesiato which he did not respond in the best way.
In January 2023, the Pope said that the presence of bumps in its intestinal wall (diverticulosis) He had returnedbut that was under control and would not have to undergo surgical intervention.
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On March 29 of that same year, Francisco He spent three days at the Gemelli hospital with a respiratory infection After feeling acute pain in the chest and having difficulty breathing. Doctors diagnosed him a acute bronchitis And they treated him with intravenous antibiotics, although the Pope himself said later that it was a acute pneumonia. Later, in June, he underwent medical controls in Gemelli, although at that time they had not officially specified the reasons.
The next day, he had to return to the health center and underwent a Abdominal surgery to eliminate scar tissue and repair a hernia in that area. He was discharged nine days later, and his surgeon, Dr. Sergio Alfieri, later revealed that the scars were not only due to the abdominal surgery of 2021, but to previous intestinal surgeries to which Francisco had undergone.
Now, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis suffers from a bilateral pneumonia and that, product of a complex picture, must remain hospitalized in a Rome clinic for an indefinite time. After being hospitalized for persistent bronchitis, the Holy See reported through a statement: “Laboratory exams, chest radiography and the clinical conditions of the Holy Father continue to present a complex picture.”
Falls and problems on their knees
In addition to the internationals, the Pope suffered two falls recently, hitting his chin in December 2024 and injuring the right forearm in January 2025. In the first case, Francisco suffered “a bruise when He struck with the bedside table“, according to the director of the press office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni; while in the most recent one it was a”Fall in the residence of Santa Marta “.
In addition to this, the Supreme Pontiff It has suffered sciatic for a long timea chronic nervous disease that causes back pain, hip and legs. In that sense, acute pain has caused him to miss the New Year’s Eve services and New Year in December 2020, which was the first time that health problems made him miss important religious events.
Also developed a painful knee problem separatelywhich chose not to treat surgically due to the sequels caused by anesthesia for its colon operation in 2021. Because of its problems to walk, the Pope uses a wheelchair or a cane, and in 2022 he was forced to cancel Travel to Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan for these ailments.
Source: Ambito
