Pope Francis expressed from the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital its closeness to all those affected by the floods that ravaged the Argentine town of Bahía Blanca last Thursday and that have caused at least 16 dead, according to the last official balance.
“The Pope is informed of the floods and is close to the people who suffer,” said the press room of the Holy See on Monday.
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After the tragedy caused by the terrible temporal that caused the fall of 350 millimeters of water in a few hours, leaving thousands of homeless families, the president of the country, Javier Milei, will decree three days of national mourning.
The Vatican also said that the Pontiff, hospitalized for 25 days with bilateral pneumonia, has continued this morning with antibiotic treatment to combat infection in their lungs and has continued with motor and respiratory physiotherapy.
In addition, as he did this Sunday, the Holy Father has followed by videoconference the meditation that the preacher of the Pontifical House, the friar Roberto Pasolini, during the spiritual exercises of Lent.
The doctors who attend the Pontiff at the Gemelli Hospital will spread this afternoon, around 7:00 p.m. (local time), a new medical part that will update their clinical conditions.
Victoria Cardiel
Victoria Cardiel is a journalist specialized in social and religious information issues. Since 2013, he has covered all the news of the Vatican for various media, such as the Spanish news agency Europa Press, or the weekly of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Alfa and Omega.