1 of 1 Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy, where Pope Francis was taken on March 29, 2023 with a respiratory infection. — Photo: Andrew Medichini/ AP Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy, where Pope Francis was taken with a respiratory infection on March 29, 2023. — Photo: Andrew Medichini/ AP
Pope Francis, who was hospitalized on Wednesday (29th) with a respiratory infection, spent a peaceful night in hospital and is stable, according to the Vatican.
He was then hospitalized complain of difficulty breathingsaid Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
The 86yearold pope is being treated at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital, where Bruni said should stay for the next few days. However, its frame is stable. According to the Ansa news agency, the doctors are “very optimistic”.
On Francis’ agenda for the next few days is the celebration of Mass on Palm Sunday, April 2nd.
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The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that the Pope arrived at the hospital in an ambulance late in the morning, after nausea with heart problems and lung pain. The newspaper attributes the information to sources at Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
According to the Vatican, he was tested for Covid19 and that result was negative.