Dr. Sergio Alfieri (right) and Dr. Luigi Carbone give a press conference at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized for tests and treatment for bronchitis, on Feb. 21, 2025. Alfieri said the pope asked him to say hat he has “the mind of a a 50-year-old man.” / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images
Vatican City, Feb 21, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
PopeFrancisis“notoutofdanger”duetohisageandfragilehealth,hismedicalteamtoldjournalistsonFriday.
DuringaVaticanpressconferenceatRome’sGemelliHospital,bothDr.SergioAlfieri,headofGemelliHospital’smedicalteam,andDr.LuigiCarbone,thepope’sreferringdoctorattheVatican,saidthe88-year-oldHolyFathermustremaininthehospitalfor“enhanced”treatment.
“Thehospitalizationwillbeaslongasittakes for himtoreturnsafelytoSantaMarta[hisVaticanresidence],”AlfieritoldjournalistsonFriday.“Hewillstayhereatleastallnextweek.Heisbetter,butthesituationmaychange.HereatGemelli,heis averygoodpatient.”
TheHolyFather,accordingtoAlfieri,askedhim“tosaythatheisanoldmanwithchronicdiseaseswitht
