Pope Francis remains ‘critical’ and has kidney problem, Vatican says

The Vatican said in a statement on Sunday that Pope Francis is still in a “critical” condition, but “did not provide any other crises in the respiratory system.”

He was still receiving highly flowing oxygen treatment and underwent blood transfusion. Blood tests also showed that he had “initial, moderate, kidney” – kidney problem – “under control now”.

The Vatican said that “he is still alert and a good mentor.”

It was the Pope He confessed to Jimili Hospital in Rome on February 14th After facing breathing difficulties for several days, as it was treated for the first time of bronchitis before diagnosing pneumonia in both lungs.

On Sunday, the lack of platelets was the Pope – a condition that occurs when the number of platelets in the blood was very low -.

In the morning, the Pope participated “in the Holy Liturgy, with those who took care of him during these days,” the statement continued.

The Vatican did not give a diagnosis given the “clinical image complexity”.

The new statement comes after the Vatican He said on Saturday That the Pope witnessed the breathing crisis and was in a “critical” state.

Earlier on Sunday, The Pope issued a statement asking Catholics to pray for him After he was unable to present Angelos prayers personally for the second week in a row.

The ink is especially vulnerable to pneumonia, an infection of the lungs that bacteria, viruses or fungi can cause, after contracting the pleura – an inflammation in the lungs – when he was young and underwent a partial lung.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been accepted to the hospital several times during the 12 -year period, including the treatment of bronchitis in The same hospital In March 2023.

From Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin America, and the first emotion, to lead the Roman Catholic Church.