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“The 88-year-old pontiff has been undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with breathing difficulties for several days”
*Pope Francis in his wheelchair at the Vatican on the day of the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, February 9, 2025
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The Pope could reportedly resign if his health worsens as fears rise over his well-being after the Italian Prime Minister visited him in hospital amid a battle with pneumonia.
The former Vatican Minister of Culture, Gianfranco Ravasi, said: ‘There is no doubt that the Pope could decide to resign if he found himself in a situation in which his ability to have direct contact with people and to communicate in an immediate, incisive and decisive manner was compromised.
‘Until now, the Pope has chosen to continue his activity even when he has had knee problems, for example.
‘On that occasion, he said the famous phrase that one governs with the mind and not with the knee. The Pope has always had a tendency to fight and react,’ he told Italian radio station Rtl.
It comes after the Vatican issued an update on Pope Francis’s health, revealing that he is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast this morning as he battles pneumonia.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with breathing difficulties for several days.
*The news that the Pope was suffering from bilateral pneumonia had caused concern in the Vatican
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief update that the Pope had slept well and had breakfast while seated in an armchair.
The former Vatican Minister of Culture, Gianfranco Ravasi said The Pope (pictured) could resign if his health worsens
Francis is suffering from double pneumonia, a serious infection that can inflame and scar both lungs and make breathing more difficult.
The Vatican had said previously that the pope had a polymicrobial infection, which occurs when two or more micro-organisms are involved, adding that he would stay in hospital as long as necessary to tackle a ‘complex clinical situation’.
A Vatican official, who did not wish to be named because he was not authorised to speak about the pope’s condition, said on Thursday that Francis was not on a ventilator and was breathing on his own.
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