Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis, 88, ate breakfast and read the newspapers on Monday morning and is continuing his unspecified drug therapies
The Pope has spent a fourth day in hospital with a respiratory tract infection that has already sidelined him longer than his treatment for pneumonia in 2023. .
There was no timeframe given for Francis’ treatment, but Mr Bruni said the complexity of his symptoms “will require an appropriate hospital stay”. When he had a bad case of pneumonia in 2023, Francis left hospital after three days and only acknowledged after the fact that he had been admitted urgently after feeling faint and having a sharp pain in his chest.
The Holy See has only confirmed cancelled appointments through until Monday. Francis was supposed to have gone to Rome’s Cinecitta film studios to meet with artists as part of the Catholic Church’s Holy Year celebrations.
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