Pope Francis to spend a few more days at a hospital in Rome after falling ill with respiratory infection, according news reports
The Vatican said that the 86-year-old Roman Catholic pontiff would have to stay for"a few days" at Rome's Gemelli hospital for"appropriate" medical treatment.
"The pope spent a good night" at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the source said, adding that there would be an update on the 86-year-old pontiff's condition later. It also raises questions over his presence at services for the upcoming Holy Week and Easter, Christianity's most important holiday. Over the past year Francis has suffered from chronic knee pain that has required him to use a wheelchair.
But he was pictured wincing as he was helped getting onto the vehicle -- a photo that made all the major front pages of Italy's newspapers on Thursday.Francis was admitted in July 2021 to the same Rome hospital for 10 days for an operation on his colon after suffering from a type of diverticulitis, an inflammation of pockets that develop in the lining of the intestine.
Benedict, who died on December 31, shocked the world in 2013 by becoming the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign.
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