Pope Francis’s prognosis has been “raised” on Monday, marking his 25th consecutive day in the hospital, according to the Vatican.
“The improvements recorded in the previous days have been further consolidated, as confirmed by both blood and clinical objectivity and the good response to pharmacological therapy. For these reasons, doctors decided to raise the prognosis,” said the Holy See, the Vatican press office, in a statement on Monday.
Vatican sources told ABC News that the prognosis of Francisco who rose means that he is no longer in imminent danger, but that the clinical image remains complex.
Regardless of the improvements, the 88 -year -old pontiff will continue “for additional days, pharmacological medical therapy in a hospital environment” due to the “complexity of the clinical image and the important infectious image presented in hospitalization,” said the Vatican.
A nun attends a prayer of the Rosary by Pope Francis, in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano, on Monday, March 10, 2025.
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Francis’s doctors said there are positive signs of the pontiff’s recovery, but precaution is, according to the sources of the Vatican.
The Pope will return to non -invasive mechanical ventilation and continue with an antibiotic treatment, the sources of the Vatican said.
On Monday morning, Francis was able to participate in spiritual exercises for Lent for the Roman curia, he received the Eucharist and then “went to the chapel of the private department for a moment of prayer,” said the Vatican.
He continued to participate in the spiritual exercises through a video link and spent the rest of the afternoon alternating between prayer and rest, said the Vatican.
Francis was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14 and was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.
On Sunday, Francis launched a text message from his address of Angelus, his weekly address, thanking doctors and nurses who have been taking care of him in the hospital.
“During my prolonged hospitalization here, I also experience the consideration of the service and the tenderness of care, in particular of doctors and health workers, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart,” said the Pope.
On Tuesday he will mark the 12th anniversary of when Francis was voted to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who previously resigned.
