The director of the press office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, reported that Pope Francis’s health conditions remain stable with clear signs of his progressive recovery.
“Recent blood tests show normal values and thorax radiography made a few days ago confirms an improvement in its infectious pulmonary picture,” Bruni said about the evolution of bilateral pneumonia.
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In addition, “advances in their motor skills, breathing and voice use have been recorded,” he explained.
The Holy Father, who is still convalescent since last Sunday, March 23 when he left the hospital, continues with the prescribed antibiotic treatment and with both motor and respiratory physiotherapy exercises in Santa Marta, his residence in the Vatican.
In addition “it continues to use high flow oxygen through nasal cannulas, mainly during the night and at specific times of the day.”
Despite his state, the director of the Vatican press office reported that the Pontiff “maintains his daily activity, working from his desk and concelebrating the Mass every morning in the chapel” adjacent to the room in the residence on the second floor of the Santa Marta house.
At the moment, Pope Francis has not received visits beyond his medical team and his closest collaborators.
It is expected that, as in the previous general hearings, the Vatican spreads the text that the Pontiff for Wednesday’s catechesis has prepared.
Regarding the prayer of this Sunday, the Vatican will offer an informative update on Friday, April 4, on the modality in which the Pontiff will pray Sunday prayer: in private sending a written or public text with the faithful.
That day the jubilee of the sick and the world of health is celebrated with a Mass in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano in which Mons. Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for evangelization, will read the homily prepared by the Pontiff.
As for the liturgical celebrations of Holy Week, the Vatican said that it is still soon to make decisions about it.
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.