On Sunday, the Vatican released the first picture of The Pope in more than a monthPope Francis appears wearing purple texture clothes sitting in a wheelchair in front of a altar in the hospital chapel.
The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of the Mass with other priests. No one is visible in the picture. It is the first picture of the Pope since then He was transferred to the hospital on February 14th With a severe condition of bronchitis, which has evolved into double pneumonia. This is the first time that the Vatican mentioned that the Pope participated in the celebration of the Mass during this period.
Vatican Press Hall, via AP
Children’s prayers for the Pope
Earlier, dozens of children raising yellow and white-white balloons gathered from war-torn countries-outside the Gemili Hospital in Rome to receive Pope Francis in the hospital on the fifth Sunday. While the Pope did not appear from the group of windows on the tenth floor, he thanked them and admitted their presence in the traditional blessing of Sunday.
“I know that many children pray for me; some of them came here today to Gemili as evidence of rapprochement,” said the ink in the text of Angelus, which was prepared for traditional prayer, but they were not delivered live. Thank you, dearest children! Francis said: “The Pope loves you and is always waiting for you.”
Reverend Enzo Fortonato, head of the papal committee for the International Children’s Day, said that the gathering of children with their parents was a form of spiritual medicine for the 88 -year -old. It was called “the most beautiful hug”.
“Children are a symbolic drug for Pope Francis,” said Fortonato.
A small group of children, whose balloons represent the colors of the Vatican flag, entered the hospital for a short period to leave behind their drawings, messages and flowers for Francis. Many children came from the poorest Italian regions or from the countries that were affected by the war, some of which arrived in Italy from Afghanistan and Syria through humanitarian corridors established by the Saint ’charitable Foundation in agreement with the Italian government; Others were from Ukraine, Gaza, South America and Africa.
One of them was 12 -year -old Anastasia, who woke up at 5 am to take the trip from Naples in the hope of delivering the message directly to the Pope. She said, “I wrote,” Pope Francis is fine and return home soon. “We love you, all children arrive for you.”
“Pope for Children”
Andrea Ekomini, UNICEF spokesman in Italy, in addition to showing affection for the Pope, said the group also wanted to say “enough” to conflicts affecting 500 million children in 59 countries.
“This Pope is not just a religious leader, as he is a great world leader. A man of peace. This Pope is the Pope for children.”
Francis usually delivers an angel from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to the believers who gathered, who grew more because of the jubilee of the jubilee that Francis opened in December.
In the written text, Francis said he was thinking about others, who love him, in a fragile state. The Pope said: “Our bodies are weak, but even like this, nothing can prevent us from love, prayer, giving ourselves, we are to each other, in faith, signs of bright hope.”
Besides stop at St. Peter’s to search for indulgence by walking across the sacred door in Basilica, the pilgrims now add a stop in Gemelli, a 15 -minute train trip from the Vatican.
The Pope’s condition is still complicated
Doctors said this week that the Pope was no longer in a critical state of life, but they continued to confirm that his condition remained complicated because of his age, the lack of movement and loss of part of the lung when he was a young man.
However, they export fewer medical bulletins because the Pope was on an upward path. X -rays confirmed this week that the infection was cleansing.
Francis has not been publicly seen since he was entering the hospital on February 14 after a bout of bronchitis that made it difficult for him to speak. The doctors soon added a diagnosis of dual pneumonia and polymer infection (bacterial, viral, and fungal).
The first three weeks of his admission to a hospital of setbacks were distinguished, including respiratory crises, moderate kidney failure and suitable coughing.
Doctors said in the latest medical update on Saturday that they are working to reduce the dependence of the Night Pope on a non -invasive ventilation mask, which would allow his lungs to work more.
Doctors emphasized that although the Pope’s condition is stable, it still needs to be hospitalized for treatment along with physical therapy and respiratory therapy, which “shows more gradual improvements,” the Vatican said on Saturday in the first medical update in three days.
The Vatican said that the next update will not be released until mid -week.
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