Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, is still in a critical condition but is stable and working from his sick bed, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Catholics across the globe have been praying for the 88-year-old amid hope he may be turning a corner on what doctors warn could be a long path to recovery.
“The Holy Father’s clinical condition remains critical but stable,” the Vatican said the evening of Francis’s 12th day in the papal suite of Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
“There have been no acute respiratory episodes and hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable,” it said in a statement, referring to measurements such as heart rate and blood pressure.
Francis, admitted on February 14 with breathing difficulties, suffered asthmatic respiratory attacks at the weekend that required high levels of oxygen and blood transfusions to combat anaemia.
On Tuesday,…
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