Papa Francis shares a message after the calm night in the hospital: “Thanks for it”

Papa FrancisIn critical condition with a complex lung infection, he offered gratitude on “many affection messages”, he received since he was hospitalized earlier this month.

“I have guessed the letters and drawings from children in particular” Pope Official Account on X Divided on Sunday. “Thank you for us, and I received for comfortable prayers from all over the world!”

Random in 88-year-olds arrived hours after the Vatican offered a short update on the Pope’s condition.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did not mention a rare statement in the early Sunday whether Francis was not out of bed or eat breakfast. “The night was peaceful, Pope rested,” Bruni said.

A short update arrived for hours after the doctors said that Pontiff, which had part of one lungs removed as a young man, was in critical condition after suffering an extended asthmatic respiratory crisis.

Francis was hospitalized for a week while treated for pneumonia and complex infection of the lungs. Was admitted to the hospital in Rome, 14. February after a WeekElong Bronchitiso aggravated.

On Saturday, the Pope got a “high-flow” oxygen to help him breathe blood transfusions after tests showed low pills, which are necessary for clotting, said in late updates.

Saturday statement also said Pontiff “continues to be a warning and spent the day in the armchair even though in more pain than yesterday.” The doctors said that the forecast “was retained.”

“We feel Pope Francis near us”

Francis should have celebrated Mass on Sunday morning in the Basilica St. Peter and ordered hundreds of deacon as part of the commemoration of the Vatican’s Holy Year Vatican.

The organizer of the Holy Year, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, celebrated the mass in its place and offered a special prayer for Francis from the altar before delivered Homidly, Pope prepared.

“Although he is in a hospital bed, we feel Pope Francis close to us, we feel those present among us,” Fisichella told hundreds of deacon. “And this is forcing us to make even stronger and more intense our prayer that the Lord will help its time of trial and disease.

Jubilee deacon, the Holy Year’s Day dedicated to the deacons, will attract over 6,000 pilgrims from about 100 countries to Rome.

Vatican Hierarchy Tamps Down Guess Resignations

Meanwhile, the Vatican hierarchy went to the defense in the respect of rumors and speculation that Francis could decide to resign. There is no provision in Canon for what to do if the Pope becomes incapable. Francis said he wrote a resignation letter that would be called if he was medically incapable of making such a decision.

In an interview with CBS news in May 2024Francis said that his idea of ​​leaving was never falling.

“Maybe if the day comes when my health can’t move on,” Francis said. “Maybe because he’s the only impotence I have in my knee, and that gets much better. But it never occurred to me.”

Francis, took on the papacy In 2013 year aged 76, after predecessor, Benedict XVI became the first Pope for retirement in about 600 yearsciting him Health decline before deviating. He died in 2022. years in 95 years.

The Vatican Secretary, Cardinal Pietro Parolin gave a rare interview for the roots of the Della sera to respond to speculation and rumors resignation. He came after the Vatican issued an unusual and official rejection of the Italian media report, which said Parolin and the head of the Pape, visited Francis in the hospital in secret. Given the canonical requirements that the residues of resignation adopted the legitimate implications of such a meeting were significant, but the Vatican flat amount denied that there was any such meeting.

Parolin said such speculation seemed “useless” when what was really important was Francis, his recovery and return to the Vatican.

“On the other hand, I think that it is quite normal to spread uncontrolled rumors in these situations or say some wrong comment. It certainly doesn’t happen,” Parolin is quoted as a saying. “However, I don’t think there’s a particular movement, and I haven’t heard that something so far.”