Pope is resting on 10th day of hospitalization after early stages of kidney failure detected
Feb 23, 2025, 11:33 PM | Updated: Feb 24, 2025, 6:30 pm
People pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis was resting Monday morning after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney failure, the Vatican said.
The one-line statement didn鈥檛 say if Francis, 88, had woken up. 鈥淭he night passed well, the pope slept and is resting,鈥� it said.
Late Sunday, doctors reported that blood tests showed early kidney failure that was nevertheless under control. They said Francis remained in critical condition but that he hadn’t experienced any further respiratory crises since Saturday.
