Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney insufficiency, the Vatican said.
B次元官网网址淭he night passed well, the pope slept and is resting,B次元官网网址 it said. The 88-year-old pope is continuing to feed himself and is not receiving artificial or liquid nutrition, the Vatican said, adding that he was in good spirits.
A medical bulletin was expected later in the day. Also later Monday, the Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was to lead a nighttime prayer of the Rosary in St. PeterB次元官网网址檚 Square.
Late Sunday, doctors reported that blood tests showed B次元官网网址渆arly, slight kidney insufficiencyB次元官网网址 that was nevertheless under control. They said Francis remained in critical condition but that he hadnB次元官网网址檛 experienced any further respiratory crises since Saturday.
Francis, who has pneumonia in both lungs, was receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen and, on Sunday, was alert, responsive and attended Mass. They said his prognosis was guarded.
Doctors have said FrancisB次元官网网址 condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease. They have warned that the main threat facing Francis is sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.
To date there has been no reference to any onset of sepsis in the medical updates provided by the Vatican.
This hospitalization now stands as FrancisB次元官网网址 longest as pope. He spent 10 days at RomeB次元官网网址檚 Gemelli hospital in 2021 after he had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed.
In New York on Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan acknowledged what church leaders in Rome werenB次元官网网址檛 saying publicly: that the Catholic faithful were united B次元官网网址渁t the bedside of a dying father.B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淎s our Holy Father Pope Francis is in very, very fragile health, and probably close to death,B次元官网网址 Dolan said in his homily from the pulpit of St. PatrickB次元官网网址檚 Cathedral, though he later told reporters he hoped and prayed that Francis would B次元官网网址渂ounce back.B次元官网网址
FrancisB次元官网网址 condition has revived speculation about what might happen if he becomes unconscious or otherwise incapacitated, and whether he might resign.
Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press