Pope Francis reported on the world, the Church is important on the 24th consecutive in the hospital: Vatican

Rome and London – Pope Francis spent his 24th consecutive day at the hospital on Sunday receiving therapy and receiving an update on world affairs and the Church, said the Vatican press office in a brief statement.

“The night was calm, the Pope is resting,” said the Holy See on Sunday morning.

The Vatican said Sunday night that the Pope’s condition is still “stable.” But his “general situation remains complex, which leads doctors to maintain a guarded prognosis.”

The Pope participated in Mass on Sunday morning in the chapel in his 10th floor apartment at the Gemelli Hospital, said the Vatican. On Sunday night, the Pope saw a live coverage of the first day of spiritual exercises for Lent for the Roman curia held in the Pablo VI audience room in the Vatican.

The Vatican said that Pope Francis also continued his treatment on Sunday and underwent motor and respiratory physiotherapy.

“Its ventilation continues to change the use of the day of anti-invasive mechanical ventilation at night,” according to the Vatican’s statement.

The Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the substitute for the general affairs of the Secretary of State, Archbishop Penna Parra, visited the Pope in the hospital to update him in the Church and world affairs on Sunday, according to the Vatican.

Officials of the Catholic Church, which the Pope has led since 2013, said on Saturday that the 88 -year -old pontiff had demonstrated a good response to therapy.

“Doctors, hoping to register these initial improvements in the next few days, prudently maintain the prognosis that is still protected,” said the Vatican.

Francis was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14 and was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.

On early Sunday, the Pope launched the text of his direction of Angelus, or weekly direction, thanking the doctors and nurses who take care of him. He also prayed for many people around the world who are supporting a disease, according to the Vatican.

“During my prolonged hospitalization here,” said the Pope, “I also experience the consideration of the service and the tenderness of care, in particular of the doctors and health workers, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart.”