Pope Francis’ doctor says pontiff isn’t out of danger but that his condition isn’t life-threatening

Surgeon Sergio Alfieri speaks to journalists, within the entrance corridor of Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic the place Pope Francis is being handled for pneumonia, on February 21, 2025.
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Pope Francis’ condition is not life-threatening, but he isn’t out of danger, his medical staff stated Friday because the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on high of persistent bronchitis.

Pope Francis’ medical doctors delivered their first in-person replace on the pope’s condition, saying that he’ll stay hospitalized at the very least all of subsequent week.

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemellli hospital on February 14 after his bronchitis worsened. Doctors have recognized pneumonia in each lungs and a fancy an infection.

Pope Francis marked the one-week level Friday in his hospital keep, getting up and out of mattress to eat breakfast because the 88-year-old pontiff continued combating pneumonia and a fancy respiratory an infection, the Vatican stated.