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After spending a night in a Rome hospital where he was being treated for a respiratory infection, the Pope is doing better, according to a Vatican statement. But uncertainties remain, a few days before the Easter celebrations.
Facing the crowd in St. Peter’s Square (Italy), Wednesday, March 29, Pope Francis tried to put on a good face, even if the fatigue and pain could be read on his face. It was on leaving this weekly audience that he experienced difficulty breathing, according to the Vatican, before being transported by ambulance to the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome. Treated for a respiratory infection, he was installed on the sixth floor of the Rome in the rooms reserved for him. He spent the night there.
Uncertainties about Easter celebrations
In front of the Vatican on Thursday morning, the faithful are optimistic. “It’s a hard job pope for an elderly person: audiences, speeches, prayers… He has to take care of himself but it’s normal for him to be tired“says a man. Later that same day, the Vatican issued a statement indicating that Francis had had a good night, that he had read the daily newspapers, returned to work and was collected in the chapel from his hospital apartments. Good news, despite his fragile health which has lasted for a long time. “He lacks a piece of lung”, indeed recalls Loups Desmond de Senneville, the correspondent of La Croix in the Vatican. health which poses a lot of uncertainty, in particular on the Palm Sunday Mass, which the Pope is to preside over on Sunday April 2 in Rome.
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