Daily evening prayers for Pope Francis’ health to start Monday, Vatican says

Each day night prayers for the well being of Pope Francis can be held at St. Peter’s Sq., the Vatican introduced Monday. 

The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is ready to steer the primary prayer this night. 

It comes as Pope Francis, 88, spent his tenth day at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a fancy lung an infection that has led to the early phases of kidney insufficiency, in line with the Vatican. 

“The night time handed properly, the pope slept and is resting,” the Vatican mentioned earlier Monday. 

POPE FRANCIS RESTING ON DAY 10 IN HOSPITAL 

St. Peter’s Sq. on the Vatican on Oct. 20, 2024. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

Francis was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. Docs first identified the advanced viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract an infection and subsequently the onset of pneumonia in each lungs. 

Late Sunday, docs mentioned blood checks revealed “early, slight kidney insufficiency” however that it remained below management. The docs mentioned Francis remained in critical condition however had not skilled any additional respiratory crises since Saturday night. 

POPE FRANCIS SHARES WRITTEN MESSAGE WHILE CONTINUING HOSPITALIZATION 

Raindrops are seen on candles adorned with an image of Pope Francis outdoors the hospital in Rome, Italy, the place he’s being handled, on Monday, Feb. 24. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

On the Gemelli hospital, Bishop Claudio GiulioDori presided over an emotional, standing-room-only Mass within the St. John Paul II Chapel – named for the previous pope – in line with the Related Press. 

A few of the estimated 200 individuals who attended have been in white physician coats or inexperienced surgical scrubs, the AP reported. 

Trustworthy collaborating within the Jubilee arrive on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in St. Peter’s Sq., the place they have been presupposed to say the Angelus prayer with Pope Francis, who was admitted to Gemelli Hospital over every week in the past. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)

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“We’re very sorry. Pope Francis is an effective pope, let’s hope that he makes it. Allow us to hope,” Filomena Ferraro, who was visiting a relative at Gemelli on Monday, informed the AP. “We’re becoming a member of him with our prayers, however what else can we do?” 

Fox Information’ Landon Mion and the Related Press contributed to this report.