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GEMELLI HOSPITAL. People walk at the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted to continue treatment for a respiratory tract infection, in Rome, Italy, February 18, 2025.
Yara Nardi/Reuters
A planned public papal audience set for February 22 was cancelled 'due to the health condition of the Holy Father,' the Vatican says in a statement
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who began his fifth day in hospital on Tuesday, February 18, for what doctors have described as a “complex” respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend’s Holy Year events, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday.
A planned public papal audience set for Saturday had been cancelled “due to the health condition of the Holy Father”, the Vatican said in a brief statement.
A papal mass scheduled for Sunday will still take place, but will be led instead by a senior Vatican official, it added.
The Vatican said on Monday that doctors had changed the pope’s drug therapy for the second time during his hospital stay to tackle a “complex clinical situation.” They described it is a “polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract.”
Doctors say polymicrobial diseases can be caused by a mix of viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Francis, who has been pontiff since 2013, has had influenza and other health problems several times over the past two years. As a young adult he developed pleurisy and had part of one lung removed, and in recent times has been prone to lung infections. – Rappler.com
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