The Vatican late Thursday reported a ‘slight improvement’ in the Pope’s overall clinical condition, with his heart working well
Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the management, staff and patients of Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, in Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on March 16, 2024.Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection, the Vatican said.a “slight improvement” in his overall clinical condition, with his heart working well.
As his hospital stay drags on, some of Francis’ cardinals have begun responding to the obvious question circulating: whether Francis might resign if he becomes irreversibly sick and unable to carry on. Francis has said he would consider it, after Pope Benedict XVI “opened the door” to popes retiring, but has shown no signs of stepping down and in fact has asserted recently that the job of pope is for life.
Francis confirmed in 2022 that, shortly after being elected pontiff, he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impeded him from carrying out his duties. There is no provision in canon law for what to do if a pope becomes incapacitated.
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