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Vatican announces that Pope Francis has bilateral pneumonia

February 19, 2025 at 1:05 am Staff
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Pope Francis Bergoglio celebrates mass and greets the faithful who arrived in their thousands in St. Peter's. Palm Sunday preceding the Christian Catholic Easter. Rome Italy 03 24 2024

The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has developed bilateral pneumonia. The updated diagnosis means that pneumonia is in both of his lungs; the 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to hospital for a respiratory tract infection on Feb. 14 after two weeks of what Francis repeatedly referred to as bronchitis.

On Feb. 17, a Vatican press release said that test results revealed a “polymicrobial infection” and that due to the “complex” clinical situation, he would require further hospitalization.  The updated Vatican statement released at 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday evening (Feb. 18) revealed that “laboratory tests and chest X-rays continue to reveal a complex medical picture. The chest CT scan that the Holy Father underwent this afternoon … demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia that required further pharmacological therapy.” The statement noted that the 88-year-old pontiff is in good spirits, and that he received the Eucharist earlier in the day.

The Pope’s latest hospitalization marks the second longest hospital stay of his papacy; he was hospitalized for 10 days in 2021 after undergoing surgery that removed a portion of his colon. In 2023, Francis spent three nights in hospital with pneumonia.

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