Pope Francis has died, Vatican says, 21 Apr 2025

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Pope Francis, despite his critical condition, continues daily calls with Gaza's embattled Catholic parish

The pope has sought to uphold a tradition he began nearly a year and a half ago of calling the Holy Family parish in Gaza City each night.
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He's in critical condition and battling double pneumonia, but Pope Francis has upheld a tradition he began nearly a year and a half ago at the start of the war in Gaza, making nightly calls to the only Catholic parish in the enclave to offer words of support and prayer.

And now, as the ailing pontiff receives care at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Catholic Palestinians in Gaza are offering Francis their own prayers, with leaders and members of the Holy Family parish in northern Gaza praying for his recovery.

"Let’s unite in praying for the healing of Pope Francis," Yusuf Asad, a priest of the Holy Family parish, wrote in a post on Facebook early Tuesday as he offered a prayer for the 88-year-old pope's recovery, as he has done each day since Francis was admitted to the hospital Feb. 14...
 

"Buenos Aires prays for Francis.​


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Hundreds of believers attended a Mass for Francis' health
on Monday at Constitution Square in Buenos Aires,
the capital of his native Argentina.

Archbishop Jorge Garcia Cuerva,
who celebrated the mass,
described his pontificate as
'a breath of oxygen for this world suffocated by violence'.

Archbishop recalled
that it was precisely in this place that Pope,
then still Metropolitan of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio,
himself had repeatedly
'raised the issue of inequality loudly
and, together with the poorest, asked for justice and better living conditions'.

'The presence, life and pontificate of Bergoglio, Pope Francis,
is a breath of pure air,
a breath of oxygen for a world suffocated by violence, selfishness, exclusion.

That is why now,
when he lacks a little oxygen,
he needs us.

Let our prayer be a breath of pure air
that will reach his lungs
so that he can regain health',
Archbishop added."

More in the link from my country's MSM:

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W Buenos Aires modlą się za Franciszka

Setki wiernych uczestniczyły w poniedziałek w mszy św. za zdrowie Franciszka na Placu Konstytucji w Buenos Aires, stolicy jego rodzinnej Argentyny....
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Pope Francis is awake and sitting up amid health battle

The 88-year-old pontiff was resting Wednesday morning as he continues to receive care at Rome's Gemelli hospital for double pneumonia.
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Seems that Pope Francis is making slow, but steady, progress. I wonder if he could be released from the hospital for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent next week.
 
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Pope Francis' friends around Rome pray for him as he fights pneumonia

The connections he has made are lasting.
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Rome — Pope Francis was a frequent visitor to Rome long before he became pope, and over time found his favorite shops and artisans who are now pulling for him as he battles double pneumonia.

“The pope is by now a friend, a beloved person for me, not a customer,” said Francis’ optician, Alessandro Spiezia. “I am praying for his recovery.”

Francis’ occasional unannounced visits to Spiezia’s shop, on the tony Via del Babuino near Piazza del Popolo, often created mob scenes as tourists and Romans alike realized the pope was inside.

Francis has popped in a few times since becoming pope in 2013 to get new lenses for his glasses, arriving in a simple Ford or Fiat with minimal security detail and waving to well-wishers as he came and went...
 
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Pope Francis 'slept well' amid signs of a slight improvement in his health battle

The 88-year-old pontiff continues to receive treatment for double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
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Pope Francis "slept well" overnight and was resting Thursday morning after showing signs of a slight improvement in his condition as he continued to receive hospital care for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

"The pope in the night slept well and is now resting," the Holy See said in a statement Thursday morning...
 
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Vatican says Pope Francis continues to improve but prognosis remains guarded

Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, working from his hospital room and going to his private chapel to pray.
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Rome — Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of an imminent death, resignation or conclave and signaling that he was still very much in charge, albeit in a weakened state.

The 88-year-old pope once again slept well during the night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, had breakfast and resumed his therapy Thursday morning in good spirits, the Vatican said. The results of more medical tests were expected later Thursday.

Doctors on Wednesday reported further slight improvements in his clinical condition as his hospital stay neared Friday's two-week mark. They said the kidney insufficiency that had been detected in recent days had receded, blood tests showed a slight improvement and a chest CT scan showed that his complex lung infection was taking the “normal evolution” as it is being treated.

The prognosis remained guarded, however. The pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, is still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen and respiratory physiotherapy to help his lungs expel fluid. But he hasn’t had any more respiratory crises since Saturday, the Vatican said...
 
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Pope Francis suffers 'sudden worsening' of respiratory issues, given mechanical ventilation

In the early afternoon he suffered the bronchospasm, which “resulted in an episode of vomiting with inhalation and sudden worsening of the respiratory picture,” The Vatican said.
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Pope Francis’ condition suffered a “sudden worsening” Friday afternoon after “an isolated crisis of bronchospasm,” the Vatican said Friday.

The 88-year-old pontiff spent the morning undergoing respiratory physiotherapy and praying in the chapel.

In the early afternoon he suffered the bronchospasm, which “resulted in an episode of vomiting with inhalation and sudden worsening of the respiratory picture.”...
 
Pope Francis suffered a sudden episode of respiratory difficulty and was put on a breathing machine on Friday, according to the latest medical update from the Vatican.

The episode was complicated by vomiting, some of which he aspirated, the Vatican said. Medical staff treated the aspiration issue before putting the pope on mechanical ventilation, it said. A Vatican source told CNN that Francis is not intubated, but he is wearing a mask.
 
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Pope resting after quiet night - Vatican News

Pope Francis slept well and is resting, according to a Saturday morning statement from the Holy See Press Office.
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“Thanks to non-invasive mechanical ventilation, gas exchange values are reported to have returned to levels similar to those before the episode. However, about 24 to 48 hours are needed to be able to assess the Pope's clinical condition following the isolated bronchospasm.”
 
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Pope Francis suffers 2 respiratory episodes and is back on ventilation

The Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff’s episodes were caused by “a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and resulting bronchospasm.”
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ROME — Pope Francis had a good night’s rest early Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from pneumonia: He is stable, off mechanical ventilation and shows no sign of new infection following a respiratory crisis late last week.

“The pope rested well all night,” the Vatican said in its update from Gemelli hospital, where Francis has been hospitalized since Feb. 14.

Doctors reported the 88-year-old pope spent all day Sunday without using the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that pumps oxygen into his lungs that he had to use following Friday’s coughing episode. Francis did continue to receive high flow supplemental oxygen through a nasal tube...
 
Mar. 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM EST

Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said.

Francis had inhaled “copious” amounts of mucus in another setback in what has become a more than two-week battle to overcome a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia.

In a late update, the Vatican said the episodes were caused by a “significant accumulation” of mucus in his lungs and bronchial spasms. “Two bronchoscopies were performed with the need for aspiration of copious secretions,” the Vatican said.

Francis remained alert, oriented and cooperated with medical personnel. The prognosis remained guarded.

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Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises, is back on noninvasive ventilation, Vatican says

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
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I was just coming to report on the Pope's recent respiratory crisis.

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Pope Francis suffers 2 respiratory episodes and is back on ventilation

The Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff’s episodes were caused by “a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and resulting bronchospasm.”
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ROME — Pope Francis suffered two “acute respiratory insufficiency” episodes on Monday, marking another setback in his recovery from double pneumonia.

The Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff’s episodes were caused by “a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and resulting bronchospasm.”

Two bronchoscopies — when doctors use a bronchoscope to examine the windpipe and lungs — were performed. By the afternoon he was given non-invasive mechanical ventilation...

The continuing relapses don't bode well for Pope Francis :(
 
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Pope stable with no new respiratory crises but will sleep with ventilation mask, Vatican says

The doctors’ prognosis remained guarded, meaning he was not out of danger.
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Rome — Pope Francis stabilized enough Tuesday after two respiratory crises to resume using a nasal tube for oxygen, rather than a ventilation mask, as he continued to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said.

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, woke up after sleeping through the night, the Vatican said. The fact that Francis no longer needed the mask by Tuesday morning was a sign of some improvement after crises that required doctors to extract “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs.

But the doctors’ prognosis remained guarded, meaning he was not out of danger...
 
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Pope Francis speaks for first time since hospitalization for pneumonia

The audio recording thanking Catholics for their prayers was played Thursday in St. Peter's Square while those gathered prayed the rosary.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis addressed his flock via an audio recording Thursday for the first time since he was admitted last month to the hospital.

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I accompany you from here," Francis said in his native Spanish, his strained voice echoing through St. Peter's Square. "May God bless you and the Virgin protect you. Thank you." ...
 
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Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization after giving world a sign of his frailty

Doctors said they didn’t expect to give a new medical update until Saturday.
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Rome — Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, in stable condition and resuming his therapies after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail and sick he is.

The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope had a good night’s rest and woke up Friday morning just after 8 a.m. He resumed his respiratory and physical therapy, using high flows of supplemental oxygen to help him breathe. Doctors said they didn't expect to give another medical update until Saturday, given his continued stability and absence of respiratory crises or other setbacks for several days now.

But Francis offered a first public sign of just how weak he is on Thursday by recording an audio message that was broadcast to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square who had gathered for the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer...
 
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