Pope Francis is in critical but
stable condition as he battles pneumonia in a Rome hospital, the
Vatican said Tuesday.
"The clinical conditions of the Holy Father remain critical, but
stable. No acute respiratory episodes have occurred and the
hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable", said the Medical
Bulletin released Tuesday evening by the Vatican Press Office.
The prognosis remains guarded after a new CAT scan, the bulletin
added.
The Pope, it said,"had a scheduled CAT scan this evening for
radiological monitoring of bilateral pneumonia. The prognosis
remains reserved".
It also said that "this morning Bergoglio after receiving the
Eucharist, resumed his work activity"m, using the 88-year-old
Argentine pontiff's birth name, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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