Pope Francis was a frequent visitor to Rome long before he became pope, and over time found his favorite shops and artisans who are now pulling for him as he battles double pneumonia. “The pope is by now a friend,
Reports of Pope Francis' critical health condition have put global media outlets including CNN, CBS and NBC, in high gear to descend upon Rome.
A group of nuns, priests and students from a Catholic university gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Monday to pray for Pope Francis who is battling pneumonia.
Pope Francis has been in hospital for 11 days, with recent blood tests show early, mild kidney failure after he experienced a respiratory crisis.
Surgeon Sergio Alfieri spoke reassuringly of Pope Francis’s condition in English on Feb. 21, but another doctor in Italian warned the infection could be fatal if it spread to the pope’s blood.
A small group of well-wishers gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Tuesday where Pope Francis was admitted after developing pneumonia in both his lungs.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the results of tests conducted in recent days and Monday indicate the pope is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection” that has necessitated a further change in his drug therapy.
Pope Francis, who is receiving treatment for a respiratory tract infection, had a peaceful night in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Sunday.
The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled vomit that needed to then be extracted.
Pope Francis ‘inhaled vomit’ after suffering a bronchial spasm in a major setback in his two-week battle against pneumonia, the Vatican has said. The development marked a reversal in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors treating Francis at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14.