Quiet night for Francis after relapse

According to official information, Pope Francis said after a new severe attack of breath shortness of breath without additional complications. “The night went calmly. The Pope rests, ”it said in the morning in a short message from the Vatican. The Vatican did not provide any further information on the state of health of the Catholic Church.

In the afternoon, the 88-year-old had suffered bronchospasm, a cramp of the airways. This led to a « sudden deterioration of the respiratory image », it said in an official bulletin for his state of health. Francis had to hand over several times and was then mechanically ventilated. The Vatican said about the other prospects: « The forecast remains behavior. »

For more than two weeks in the hospital

The head of the Catholic Church has been treated in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for more than two weeks. According to the doctors, he suffers from a severe pneumonia on both sides. The Argentinian was the successor to the German Pope Benedict XVI in March 2013. has been elected to the church. He is now the second oldest Pope in history.