Pope Francis is still in critical condition on the 10th day of hospitalization, says the Vatican, linking the longest of his papacy Blogging Sole

Rome – Pope Francis rested on Monday morning after a quiet evening on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex pulmonary infection that caused the First stages of kidney failuresaid the Vatican.

The online statement did not say if Francis, 88, woke up. “The night went well, the pope was sleeping and resting,” he said.

His condition has relaunched speculation about what could happen if it becomes unconscious or otherwise disabled, and if it could resign.

Late Sunday, doctors reported that blood tests showed early kidney failure which was nevertheless under control. They said that Francis had remained in critical condition but that he had not experienced respiratory crises Since Saturday.

He received high speed of additional oxygen and, on Sunday, was alert, reactive and assisted by mass. They said his prognosis was kept.

The doctors said that Francis’ state was touching and steps given his age, his fragility and his preexisting pulmonary disease. They warned that the main threat confronted with Francis is septicemia, a serious blood infection that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.

To date, there has been no reference to any beginning of Septicemia in the medical updates provided by the Vatican, including Sunday.

Monday marks the 10th day of Francis in the hospital, equaling the longest hospitalization of its papacy. He spent 10 days at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome in 2021 after being removed 13 inches from his colon.

Sunday, in New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan recognized what the church leaders in Rome did not say publicly: that the Catholic faithful were united “at the bedside of a dying father”.

“While our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is in a very, very fragile health, and probably close to death,” said Dolan in his homily of the chair of Saint-Patrick cathedral, although he has said later to the journalists he hoped and prayed for Francis to “rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would bounce “would bounce” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” would rebound “would rebound” bounce back. “