Vatican sources said early on Friday
that it will be possible to understand how Pope Francis is
responding to his new therapy between Friday and Saturday.
"Between today and tomorrow it will be possible to understand
how the Pope is reacting to the new therapy", the Vatican
sources said.
The response could provide an insight into the length of the
pontiff's stay at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where
he is being treated for double pneumonia.
The last two official evening bulletins issued by the Vatican
had highlighted an improvement in the overall health condition
of the Pope, who was hospitalized a week ago on February 14.
Meanwhile Vatican sources said the pope is continuing to meet
with his closest aides and to carry out some work.
He spends part of his time in bed and part in an armchair and
breathes autonomously, the sources explained.
Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said on Friday that
"the modalities of Sunday's Angelus have not been decided yet".
No hypothesis has been ruled out, including that the pontiff
could deliver a written text, such as last Sunday.
In the text of his Angelus address last Sunday, the pope thanked
the health professionals treating him in Rome's Agostino Gemelli
hospital and said he needed therapy.
The 88-year-old Argentine pontiff did not read out the address
because doctors have said he needs absolute rest
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