Pope Francis Spends ‘Quiet Night’ in Rome Hospital Amid Respiratory Treatment

Rome: Pope Francis spent a “quiet night” in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he is being treated for a respiratory tract infection amid a bout of bronchitis, Vatican sources said Saturday. “The Pope spent a quiet night, consistent with the clinical picture for which he was admitted yesterday to the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome,” they said. His high temperature has gone down, they added.

According to Ansa News Agency, Francis arrived at the Gemelli Friday very out of breath due to breathing difficulties linked to an excess of phlegm, and a “home-made” treatment for bronchitis had not given the expected results. There is, they said, optimism about the new therapy that began Friday, after doctors found that the 87-year-old Argentine pontiff is suffering from a respiratory tract infection.