Pope Francis asks for sentences in the hospital message

Pope Francis has asked Catholics to pray for him, since he continues to receive treatment in the hospital for double pneumonia.

The pontiff could not deliver the traditional prayer of Angelus in person for the second Sunday in operation.

But in a written message in recent days, he said he was “continuing with confidence” his hospitalization at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome and “continuing with the necessary treatment.”

The message comes after The Vatican revealed on Saturday that the condition of the 88 -year -old is still “critical”.

In his message, published on Sunday, the Pope thanked the doctors and health workers in the hospital and the supporters who sent messages.

“In recent days I have received many messages of affection, and I have been particularly surprised by the children’s letters and drawings,” he wrote.

“Thank you for this closeness, and for the prayers of the comfort that I have received from all over the world! I trust everyone to the intercession of Mary and ask you to pray for me.”

The supporters have continued to pray outside the hospital.

Dozens of people have been seen illuminating candles and leaving them at the foot of a nearby statue of the late Pope John Paul II.

The 88 -year -old man was First admitted to the hospital on February 14 After experiencing breathing difficulties for several days.

It is especially prone to pulmonary infections due to the development of pleurisy, an inflammation around the lungs, as an adult and that a part of one of their lungs at 21 are removed.

During his 12 years as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, the Argentine has been admitted to the hospital several times, even in March 2023 when he spent three nights at the hospital with bronchitis.

The Pope has asked for openness about his health, so the Vatican has begun to publish daily statements. The tone and length of the ads have varied, sometimes leaving the Pope’s observers to try to read between the lines.

On Saturday, the Vatican said that the Roman Catholic leader was alert and spent the day in an armchair, but that “it was not out of danger” and that it was “more bad” than Friday.

They added that the pontiff needed blood transfusions due to a low platelet count, associated with anemia, and he required a “high flow” of oxygen.

The doctors who treated the Pope confirmed this week that he was responding to medicines, but his condition was complex and the slightest change of circumstance would bother what was called a “delicate balance.”

“He is the Pope,” as one of them said. “But he is also a man.”

The Pope also used his message on Sunday to highlight the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine on Monday, and asked people to remember all victims of armed conflicts and “pray for the gift of peace in Palestine, Israel and in All the Middle East.

Angelus’s prayer is generally delivered by the Pope from a window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican and is accompanied by a brief message.