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A woman prays for the Pope with a photo of Francis and a rosaio. Photo: Alessandro Di Meo/EFE

The Pope without new episodes of respiratory failure

Pope Francis’ clinical conditions remained stable today, with no new episodes of respiratory failure like the two he suffered last Monday, an official Vatican report said Tuesday.

According to a report published on Tuesday afternoon by the Holy See press office, on this day the Supreme Pontiff “remained feverish, always alert, cooperative with therapies and oriented.”

During the morning, he was given high-flow oxygen therapy, as well as respiratory physiotherapy and, as part of the treatment, during the night he will be resumed on non-invasive mechanical ventilation until dawn.

As for the possible recovery of the health of the Holy Father, admitted since February 14 to the Gemelli Polyclinic due to bilateral pneumonia, “the prognosis remains reserved,” adds the latest medical report.

Francis (Latin: Franciscus PP), secular name Jorge Mario Bergoglio (born December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires), is the 266th and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As such, he is the head of state and the eighth sovereign of Vatican City. After Benedict XVI’s resignation from the pontificate, he was elected on March 13, 2013 in the fifth ballot held during the second day of the conclave.
Of Argentine nationality, before entering the seminary as a novice of the Society of Jesus, he worked for a time as a chemical technician.

Between 1964 and 1965 he was a professor of Literature and Psychology at the Jesuit school Immaculate Conception in Santa Fe. In 1969 he was ordained a priest and between 1973 and 1979 he was the provincial superior of the Jesuits in Argentina. Between 1980 and 1986 he was rector of the Colegio Máximo and the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the District of San Miguel. After a brief stint in Germany and Buenos Aires, he settled in the Argentine province of Córdoba for six years.

With information from Prensa Latina /Translated by Radio Angulo

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