Pope Francis spends his first night at the quiet hospital and continues with the treatment

The director of the press office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, has issued a new statement on the health of Pope Francis, who remains admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic of Rome due to bronchitis since yesterday.

According to Bruni, “Pope Francis has spent a quiet night and slept well. This morning he had breakfast and read some newspapers. ”

In any case, he has warned that “medical exams and therapies continue in progress.”

Despite the respiratory difficulties that led to its hospitalization, the Pontiff remains stable and of good mood. However, doctors continue to monitor their evolution and, for the moment, the suspension of their official commitments until Monday is maintained.

The Holy Father has been hospitalized since yesterday in the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where “some diagnostic exams” and where “in a hospital environment protected the treatment of bronchitis that still suffers,” according to the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of the press office of Vatican.

As he said last Monday to the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, whom he received in private audience, felt “locked in Santa Marta, unable to leave because I am sick, I have a serious bronchitis” .

The day before, on Sunday, he had insisted on presiding over the liturgical ceremony in the Plaza de San Pedro on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, but, when the time was to read the homily, he had to stop and asked the master of liturgical ceremonies Pontifical, Monsignor Diego Ravelli, who will continue instead.

A similar episode also occurred on Wednesday during the General Hearing in the Classroom Pablo VI: Francisco asked a collaborator to read the speech he planned to pronounce, telling those present that he expected to “be able to do it next time.”

For this reason, the Pontiff’s audiences are being held in the Santa Marta house, its official residence, to avoid exposure to the cold of Roman winter in the transfer to the Apostolic Palace.

In any case, Friday’s hospitalization was not considered emergency, since Pope Francis met all the meetings scheduled on his agenda, including the one he had with the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, and with the executive director of CNN, Mark Thompson.