The latest statement suggests that the 88-year-old is able to sit in his chair, eat normally and do what the Vatican calls "light work".

Doctors not involved in the care of Pope Francis said he likely has a mix of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites growing in his lungs.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the results of tests conducted in recent days and Monday indicate the pope is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection” that has necessitated a further change in his drug therapy.

The pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, is still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen to help remove fluid from his lungs.

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that the Vatican had cancelled a meeting between Pius XI and “the Indian nationalist leader” because the Pope thought he might be criticized “if he received the visitor in his usual scanty clothing.

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

On a brisk winter morning in the heart of Pittsburgh, congregants slowly made their way into the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church for Sunday Mass. Once a

Di 88-year-old don dey suffer from one respiratory infection for more dan one week and e dey on admission for Rome Gemelli hospital on Friday, 15 February.

Jesus, who weeps with us, will sow in our hearts all the answers we seek,' the Pope wrote to Cinzia, whose son Fabrizio went out one evening in October 2019 and never returned home.

While planning a trip to Rome for their honeymoon, a Safety Harbor couple was able to have an opportunity to get the Pope to bless their marriage.