Pope still has ‘pulmonary inflammation’ but no fever

Pope Francis’ health continues to deteriorate”stable“,but “pulmonary inflammation” This forced him to suspend his trip to the Dubai climate summit, the Holy See reported on Wednesday.

The Vatican confirmed in a statement: “The pope’s condition is stable and he does not have a fever, but the swelling of the lungs associated with respiratory problems persists.”

Therefore, the Argentine pope, who turns 87 on December 17, will continue antibiotic.

That same morning, Francis appeared before thousands of faithful in a traditional lay audience and said he still didn’t feel well, so his catechism had to be read by a collaborator.

“I’m not over the flu yet. “The sound isn’t very good.”He explained to the faithful present in the Paul VI classroom at the Vatican.

The same thing happened before the hearing when hosting Scottish football club Celtic as he preferred his collaborators to declare prepared speech Then he said something off the cuff.

Francesco underwent a CT scan (computed axial tomography) at a hospital in Rome last Saturday, which confirmed these health problems.

This despite recent respiratory problems that forced him to cancel said trip, as did visits to Congo and South Sudan, the latter of which have been rescheduled by the state knee problems

On Tuesday, he received a summons from the Spanish bishops and chatted with them for more than two hours to analyze the situation in Spanish seminaries.

During the Angelus last Sunday, Jorge Bergoglio also did not appear at the papal palace, but stayed in the chapel of his residence, Casa Santa Marta, to pray for the pope. Sunday prayers, This was picked up by Vatican media.

In this case, he chose to receive Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and his entourage at the presidential palace instead of the Apostolic Palace on Monday.

Due to age and physical reasons, Francisco has suffered from multiple diseases this year. Surgery complicated by ventral hernia.

In April, he was hospitalized for three days with bronchitis and had to be treated with antibiotics, raising concerns because the pope arrived in an ambulance with a fever.

In June, unexpectedly due to adhesions in his body, previous operations In July 2021, he suffered from colon diverticulum and had to undergo another operation due to abdominal hernia and was hospitalized for 9 days.