Pope Francis Resting After Quiet Night Says Vatican

Vatican City: Pope Francis is resting after spending a quiet night, the Vatican Press Office said early on Monday. Vatican sources said on Sunday that the pontiff’s condition was stable and the picture remained complex as he continued pharmacological treatments and respiratory and motor physiotherapy.

According to Ansa News Agency, in its latest medical bulletin issued on Saturday, the Vatican stated that the pope’s condition had improved slightly. The 88-year-old Argentine pontiff is on the 25th day of his stay at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital where he is being treated for bilateral pneumonia.

On Sunday, the pontiff, in his Angelus message, thanked doctors and healthcare workers for his care during the more than three weeks that he has been hospitalised. The message was released by the Vatican without Francis reading it out as on previous Sundays since the pope was admitted to hospital on February 14.