Pope Francis, 88, Continues To Be Hospitalized With ‘Complex Clinical’ Condition
Pope Francis’s Wednesday General Audience is canceled this week as the aged pontiff remains hospitalized while battling a ‘complex clinical’ condition, according to a press release from the Vatican News.
“The results of the medical tests carried out over the past few days and today have shown a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract, which has led to a further change in therapy. All tests carried out to date are indicative of a complex clinical picture that will require appropriate hospitalization.”
The news comes after earlier reports suggested he was on the mend and would be discharged soon, and a week after the Vatican sent a letter to US bishops decrying mass deportation and rejecting “any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality.”
Two years ago, Francis was hospitalized after undergoing a three-hour surgery to repair a hernia in his abdomen. At that time, he revealed that he has already drafted and signed a letter of resignation from his position as the head of the Roman Catholic church in case health issues prevent him from carrying on his duties If the decrepit and corrupt pope does resign, he would be only the second pope in over 600 years, following the example of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, in 2013, and then Gregory XII, in 1415.
Despite his hospitalization and discomfort, Francis, the fifth oldest pope in history, remains in “good spirits,” according to the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni.
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Good. May God smite Bergoglio for opposing deportations. Not to mention for being in favor of blessing gay unions.