Images of the exhausted and exhausted pontiff from Wednesday’s hearing, after which he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a respiratory infection, are circulating around the world.

Dozens of cameras and journalists have “camped” outside Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Catholic University Hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated.

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The Vatican does not release much information about his health, and his hospitalization has caused global concern, given both the 86-year-old pontiff’s failing health and age.

At the beginning of 2000, the Pope underwent an operation to remove part of one lung, while in July 2021, at the same hospital, he underwent colon surgery.

The Vatican, at the same time, underlines that Francis suffers from chronic bronchitis, with an asthma problem and that he has started to be given antibiotic treatment.

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His health condition, which probably worsened due to overwork, is “gradually improving and the prescribed treatments are continuing. This morning, after his breakfast, he read some newspapers and resumed work,” Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.

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After Wednesday’s audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis felt severe shortness of breath and it was deemed necessary to take him to the hospital by ambulance.

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According to information, the results of the blood tests and the chest X-ray he underwent are good, but the Pope will have to stay in the hospital for a few days.

It is expected to be ascertained whether the pope will be able to preside over the religious ceremonies of the Catholic Easter, which this year is celebrated on April 9.

According to information, in the event that Francis remains for several days in the hospital, one of the oldest cardinals of the Vatican is to preside over the religious ceremonies, beginning with the Catholic Palm Sunday service on April 2.

With information from APE – BEE