Pope Francis ‘is not out of danger’, his doctor has admitted, adding that the pontiff ‘wants his condition reported to the world without hiding anything’.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with breathing difficulties for several days.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief update yesterday that the Pope had slept well and had breakfast while seated in an armchair.
The Pope’s condition was stable and he had shown ‘slight improvement’ in results from recent blood tests, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Francis received a visit on Wednesday from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, his first known VIP visitor in hospital. She said he was ‘alert and responsive’.
The pope joked with Meloni about some people betting on his death, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Thursday.
‘He hasn’t lost his proverbial sense of humour,’ Meloni said in a statement.
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