{"id":256119,"date":"2025-03-10T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/pope-francis-no-longer-in-immediate-danger-from-pneumonia-vatican-says\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:56:07","slug":"pope-francis-no-longer-in-immediate-danger-from-pneumonia-vatican-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/pope-francis-no-longer-in-immediate-danger-from-pneumonia-vatican-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis No Longer in Immediate Danger From Pneumonia, Vatican Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/10\/multimedia\/10pope-sub-tphq\/10pope-sub-tphq-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pope Francis No Longer in Immediate Danger From Pneumonia, Vatican Says\" title=\"Pope Francis No Longer in Immediate Danger From Pneumonia, Vatican Says\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pope Francis has improved enough to no longer be considered in imminent danger from pneumonia and other infections, the Vatican said on Monday, but added that he would require more days of treatment in the Rome hospital where he has been for nearly a month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For weeks, doctors had said that Francis, who is 88 and entered the hospital after having difficulty breathing, had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/world\/europe\/pope-health-critical-lung-infection.html?searchResultPosition=3\" title=\"\">a \u201cguarded\u201d prognosis<\/a> because the respiratory infection in both of his lungs was too serious for him to be considered out of danger. But his \u201cgood response to pharmacological therapy\u201d and stable blood tests, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday, led doctors to believe that recent improvements had been \u201cfurther consolidated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHowever, in view of the complexity of the clinical picture and the significant infectious picture presented at hospitalization,\u201d the Vatican added, his treatment will continue in \u201ca hospital environment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Francis continued to follow via video link spiritual exercises by members of the Vatican clergy, and he sent a telegram of condolence to victims of a flood in his home country, Argentina. In recent days, he also met with his top lieutenants in the hospital and sent <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-audio-message.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">an audio message<\/a>, with a strained and weak voice, thanking the faithful for their prayers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the Vatican said the pope was expected to remain in the hospital, where he arrived on Feb. 14, for days it did not give an estimate of when Francis was expected to leave since his situation remained complex, a Vatican official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Francis, who has been receiving oxygen, has at times suffered severe setbacks, including a crisis in which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-health-setback-bronchial-spasm.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">he choked on his own vomit<\/a>, requiring doctors to aspirate him. He has also required blood transfusions and noninvasive mechanical ventilation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pope\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/23\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-health.html?searchResultPosition=6\" title=\"\">failing health<\/a> put the Roman Catholic Church on edge. Each night in St. Peter\u2019s Square, cardinals have led the faithful in rosary prayers for his recovery. Catholics across the world have held vigils, while top Vatican officials have sought to tamp down speculation about his condition or <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-resignation-illness.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">talk of resignation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pope, however, had not overcome the pneumonia and had other health problems, the Vatican official said, including bronchiectasis \u2014 a chronic lung condition \u2014 that could yet pose significant danger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pontiff\u2019s age and history of health conditions are also prompting his doctors to remain cautious, the official said. Francis had part of a lung removed as a young man and had been hospitalized before for a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/29\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-hospital-tests.html\" title=\"\">respiratory infection<\/a>, as well as for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/04\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-surgery.html\" title=\"\">colon surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/world\/europe\/pope-improved-pneumonia-vatican.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis has improved enough to no longer be considered in imminent danger from pneumonia and other infections, the Vatican said on Monday, but added that he would require more days of treatment in the Rome hospital where he has been for nearly a month. 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