Pope Francis says that bronchitis still needs to be treated and appreciates the care of doctors

He Pope Francis He thanked the signs of affection he has received and the care of the doctors and nurses of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he is admitted by an respiratory tract infection that He prevented him from pronouncing the prayer of the angelus this Sundayalthough he published it in writing. “I still need treatment for my bronchitis“, wrote the pontiff, thanking”The affection, prayer and closeness with those who are accompanying me these daysas I want to thank the doctors and health personnel of this hospital for their care: they do a valuable and very exhausting job. “

The Vatican spread the text prepared by the Pope for the Angelus after the celebration of the Mass of the Jubileo de la Cultura, in which Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça read Francisco’s homily, who could not preside over it because he was hospitalized since last Friday . The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Brunihe reported shortly after Francisco’s second night in the hospital had been “quiet” and that the Pope had “slept well”while this morning he had “had breakfast regularly and read some newspapers.” Bruni added that the 88 -year – The Vatican will issue a statement about his state of health at around 5:00 p.m. (16.00 GMT).

In the Angelus, the Pope wanted to remember the jubilee “especially dedicated to artists who have come from various parts of the world“And he thanked the event for the event to the Dicastery for Culture and Education, whose prefect is Cardinal Tolentino. The jubilee of culture” reminds us of the importance of art as a universal language that spreads beauty and unites the peoples, contributing to Bring harmony to the world and to silence all war cry, “says the Pope.

“I want to greet all the artists who have participated: I would have liked to be with you, but as you know, I find myself here at the Gemelli Polyclinic because I still need some treatment for my bronchitis,” adds the pontiff, who has spent his second night admitted to recover from persistent bronchitos. Francisco did not forget to renew his call to peace and invited everyone to “continue to pray for peace in the martyred Ukraine, in Palestine, in Israel and throughout the Middle East, in Myanmar, in Kivu and in Sudan.”

In addition to today’s Mass, The Pope also had to cancel his scheduled visit to the mythical film studios in Cinecitta’s film tomorrowone of the most prominent moments the jubilee of culture, which these days brings together more than 10,000 artists from a hundred countries in Rome.

This Saturday, in a statement, the Holy See explained that “to facilitate its recovery, the medical staff has prescribed absolute rest, so the Holy Father will not direct the prayer of the Angelus.” The Vatican said that those that “The tests carried out during the day confirmed the infection of the respiratory tract“, that” the therapy was modified slightly on the basis of new microbiological findings “and that.” The laboratory exams today found the improvement of some values. “Francisco suffers persistent bronchitis that in recent days had made it impossible for him to read some Speeches and that finally forced to hospitalize him to submit to diagnostic exams and continue the treatment.


Source: Lasexta

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