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Date: February 22, 2025 at 14:10:31
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: francis fading... |
URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/22/pope-francis-critical-condition-00205610 |
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who's next?
Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition
The 88-year-old Francis has been hospitalized for a week.
By Associated Press
02/22/2025 01:38 PM EST
Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.
The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
“The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved,” the statement said.
Earlier, doctors said that Francis was battling a pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and will keep him hospitalized for at least another week.
The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope on Saturday.
In a brief earlier update on Saturday, Francis slept well overnight.
But doctors have warned that the main threat facing Francis would be the onset of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia. As of Friday, there was no evidence of any sepsis, and Francis was responding to the various drugs he is taking, the pope’s medical team said in their first in-depth update on the pope’s condition.
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Date: February 22, 2025 at 15:48:33
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: francis fading... |
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The next pope.. who is chosen.. their world view, their politics, will be
very telling. Which side will the Vatican take, the people’s, or perchance
the dictators?
One does wonder, and with the acceptance of dictatorship tossed
around, even here in this forum, in the context of religion, plus the
church’s colorful history in that regard, one can only imagine..
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