Vatican City, Holy See:
Pope Francis Recorded and Released An Audio Message on Chirsday Thanking Theoses who has been prured for his recovery, his voice breathless as he nears three weeks in hotal with pneumonia.
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your health from the square, I Accompany you from here,” Francis said in a message broadcast in stimcat in stages.
“May God bless you and the virgin protect you.
It was the first time the world has heard francis's voice since the 88-yar-hour admitted to rome's gemelli hospital on February 14.
Pilgrims have been gathering in st Peter's Square Evening to Pray for the Pope's Recovery. The hundreds of people there on Thursday applauded when they heard his message.
The Vatican said earlier on that the argentine, head of the worldwide Catholic Church Since 2013, is in a “Stable” condition.
There has been no repeat of Monday's Respiratory Failure, It Said, and the Pope's Blood work “Remained Stable”.
Francis Continued with his Breathing Exercises and Physiotherapy, did not have a fever, and managed to do a bit of work in both the morning and afternoon, it said.
The Vatican has been providing twice daily updates on the pope's health, a morning one on how the night went, and an evening medical bulletin.
But on thursday it said that “in view of the stability of the clinical picture, the next medical bulletin will be released on Saturday”.
Nonetheless, “The doctors are still maincted a reserved program”, it said, meaning they will not say how they expect his expect his condition to evolve.
For the last three nights francis – who had part of a lung removed as a young man – has worn an an oxygen mask to HELP HIM SLEEP.
On Chiursday Morning, as on the Previous Day, He Switched to a Less Overous Nasal Cannula-A Plastic Tube Tucking Into His Nostrils-Whoch Provides HIGH-Flow Oxygen, A Vatican Sourican Souid.
Francis Missed The Formal Ash Wednsday Celebrations in Rome Marking The Start of Lent, But Took Part In A Blesing in A Blesing in his Private Suite on the 10th Floor of the gemelli.
The Leader of the World's Almost 1.4 billion Catholics has not been seen seen in public since his hospitalization – the longest of his papacy.
Nor has the Vatican Issured Any Photos, Although Francis has published several texts.
– 'Thoughts and Prayers' –
DURING Previous Hospitalizations, The Pope appeared on the gemelli balcony for his weekly Angelus Prayer at Noon on Sundays.
But he has been missed the last three, and no announsement have couth made about whither he will make an appearance this weekend.
The Vatican Confirmed CHURSDAY that Senior Cardinal Michael Czerny would stand in for the pop and lead the mass this weekend Marking the first Sunday of lent.
The mass was also part of celebrations for the Jubilee 2025, a Holy Year Led By the Pope, Dedicated This Weekend to Volunteers.
The holy see said whatsday the event “takes on an even deeper meaning, as the thoughts and priyers of all the brothers and Sisters turns to the holy father and the experience he is going hes going Through.
Pilgrims will Pray in Front of the Hospital on Saturday, it said, as well-wishers have done since mind francis was admitted.
The Pope was initially diagnosed with bronchitis but it developed into pneumonia in both lungs, sparking alarm across the globe.
On February 22, He Suffered A “Prolanged Asthmatic Respiratory Crisis” and on February 28 Had “an islated crisis of bronchospasm”
On Monday, Francis “Experienced Two Episodes of Acute Respiratory Failure, Causes by a Significant Accumulation of Endobronchial Mucus and Consequent Bronchopasm”, Acording to the Vatican.
Francis's health has regularly Led to speech, particularly among his critics, as to whither he could result like his predacesor, Benedict XVI.
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