{"id":253397,"date":"2025-03-06T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/pope-francis-voice-heard-for-first-time-since-entering-hospital-in-new-audio-message\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T20:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:35:15","slug":"pope-francis-voice-heard-for-first-time-since-entering-hospital-in-new-audio-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/pope-francis-voice-heard-for-first-time-since-entering-hospital-in-new-audio-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis&#8217; voice heard for first time since entering hospital in new audio message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/03\/768x432\/skynews-vatican-pope_6848392.jpg?20250306202147&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pope Francis&#8217; voice heard for first time since entering hospital in new audio message\" title=\"Pope Francis&#8217; voice heard for first time since entering hospital in new audio message\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Pope Francis&#8217; voice has been heard for the first time since being admitted to hospital last month in a newly released audio message.<\/p>\n<p>In the recording, shared with worshippers at the start of the evening Rosary prayer in St Peter&#8217;s Square, he said: &#8220;I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I am with you from here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May God bless you and the Virgin protect you. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cardinal presiding over the prayer had told the crowd at that he had &#8220;beautiful news, a beautiful gift&#8221; to share.<\/p>\n<p>The clearly surprised worshippers broke into applause as the message was played.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/pope-francis-6597\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pope<\/a><\/strong> recorded the audio message in his native Spanish from Rome&#8217;s Gemelli Hospital, where has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia since being admitted last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">People applauding and cheering as the audio message is played. Pic: Reuters<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the 88-year-old has shared written messages via the Vatican since <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/pope-francis-stable-in-hospital-after-being-admitted-with-slight-fever-13309020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entering hospital on 14 February<\/a><\/strong>, this is the first time his voice has been heard.<\/p>\n<p>The audio recording comes after the Vatican said the Pope&#8217;s condition has today been stable &#8220;compared to previous days&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He has not had a fever and his blood tests remain stable, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican has been giving updates on Francis&#8217;s health at least once a day since he was hospitalised &#8211; but in a sign of his progress, these are being paused.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Considering the stability of the clinical picture, the next medical bulletin will be released on Saturday.&#8221; it said this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope &#8211; who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man &#8211; has been sleeping with a non-invasive mechanical ask to help his recovery and ensure his lungs expand properly overnight.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Francis has been transitioning to receiving high-flow oxygen via nasal tubes during the day.<\/p>\n<p>His daily routine now includes physical and respiratory therapy alongside treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>This has become the longest public absence of Francis&#8217;s 12-year papacy.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><em><em>You can also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\"><em><strong>follow us on WhatsApp<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews\"><em><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to keep up with the latest news.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/pope-francis-voice-heard-for-first-time-since-entering-hospital-in-new-audio-message-13322965\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis&#8217; voice has been heard for the first time since being admitted to hospital last month in a newly released audio message. In the recording, shared with worshippers at the start of the evening Rosary prayer in St Peter&#8217;s Square, he said: &#8220;I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/03\/768x432\/skynews-vatican-pope_6848392.jpg?20250306202147","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[237,8767,18714,43424,180,6155,13327,222,11776],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253399,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253397\/revisions\/253399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}