Vatican says Pope shows ‘slight improvement’ as hospitalization continues

Pope Francis He obviously showed a “slight improvement” and responds well to oxygen liquid therapy, according to a statement from the Vatican.

The 88-year-old PontiF was in the hospital from February 14, when he was admitted to respiratory questions, which was later found to be bilateral pneumonia.

Doctors keep the pope’s forecast under the wrap as they continue to evaluate its condition.

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez sets the picture of Pope Francis, which he made outside the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Pope recorded a message on Thursday, thanking those who prayed for his recovery. Recording is “Obviously for him,” the Vatican’s sources said, pointing out that the noise is from Oxygen pope he could hear in the sound.

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“We could hear yesterday that he was passing oxygen through the nose during the sound, obviously he would not read Angelus,” the Vatican sources told Fox News.

Pope Francis waved to the believers as he left Cercle quote after a meeting of the Luxembourg prime minister during a four -day apostolic trip in Luxembourg and Belgium, in the City of Luxembourg on September 26, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)

Ash Wednesday also looked different this year because the Pope failed to lead Mass. Instead, Cardinal Angelo de Donatis read the Pope’s homily aloud in the Roman Basilica of Santa Sabrin.

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The pope had long History of respiratory questions. When he was only 21, Pope Francis was removed part of the lungs after the development of pleuris, which is the inflammation of the membrane that strengthens the lungs. According to the sources of the Vatican, it continues therapy for bilateral pneumonia.

The Pope has been hospitalized from February 14 with pneumonia and bronchial infection. Candles with his paintings were placed under the statue of the late Pope John Paul II in Rome 19 February 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Catholics around the world have been praying for Pope Francis since he was first hospitalized in February. This includes Vice -President JD Vance, who offered a prayer for the Pope during last month’s national breakfast.

“Every day, I and my children have spoken a prayer for the Holy Father and pray for his health, and we pray for his comfort as he deals with what seems to be a rather serious health crisis,” Vance said.