Pope Francis is in good spirits, eating normally and continuing to receive treatment, Vatican sources have said.
Pope Francis is said to be awake and resting, and the community in Springfield got together on Sunday morning at Saint Michael’s Cathedral to pray for his recovery. On Monday, Pope Francis reportedly remains in critical condition. The Vatican shared that the 88-year-old is battling pneumonia in both lungs and is recovering at a hospital in Rome.
Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially worked himself into the hospital.
A historic Vatican II altar that had been dismantled at the former St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland, is now restored and back in use for community gatherings.
The Argentine pope, a known workaholic who keeps up a grueling pace despite his many ailments, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. It was his fourth hospitalization since his 2013 election and raised questions about his increasingly precarious health.