Pope Francis’s heart is holding up very well despite his pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday, amid growing concerns over the hospitalised 88-year-old’s condition.
The pontiff was admitted to a Rome hospital with bronchitis last week after suffering breathing difficulties, but the Holy See revealed on Tuesday evening that he had developed pneumonia in both of his lungs.
“The pope spent a peaceful night, woke up and had breakfast,” the Vatican said Wednesday after Francis’s fifth night at the Gemelli hospital, which has a suite reserved especially for popes.
“The pope is breathing on his own. His heart is holding up very well,” a source in the Vatican said.
Francis has been speaking to friends by telephone, has been out of bed and sitting in a chair, and working on and off, the source said.
