{"id":2405523,"date":"2025-02-22T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-report-pope-francis-in-critical-condition\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T14:29:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:29:52","slug":"breaking-report-pope-francis-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-report-pope-francis-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Report: Pope Francis in Critical Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-report-pope-francis-in-critical-condition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pope Francis\u2064 is currently in critical condition following a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">severe asthmatic respiratory crisis<\/a>, according to the\u200c vatican. The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized over a week ago, initially due to bronchitis, but later diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs. While there was initial optimism regarding his recovery, his health has since deteriorated. Doctors have raised concerns about the risk of sepsis, a\u2064 serious infection\u200c that can complicate pneumonia. Medical experts have indicated that given the pope\u2019s age and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-brother-died-alone-amid-strident-covid-restrictions-more-humility-from-fauci-would-be-welcome\/\" title=\"My Brother Died Alone Amid Strident Covid Restrictions \u2013 More Humility From Fauci Would Be Welcome\">existing health issues<\/a>, this situation poses significant risks. Despite reports indicating he\u200d had a restful night, the pope is \u2062still &#8220;not out of danger,&#8221; and his \u200dpersonal physician has reiterated that \u200dhe remains \u2064in a fragile \u200bstate. in light of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamas-your-microbes-may-affect-your-childrens-health\/\" title=\"Mamas, Your Microbes May Affect Your Children\u2019s ...\">ongoing health struggles<\/a>, attention has \u2064begun to shift towards the future leadership of\u2064 the\u2063 Catholic Church.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis is now reported in critical condition, more than a week after the 88-year-old pope first entered the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pope Francis is in critical condition after suffering a long asthmatic respiratory crisis Saturday morning, the Vatican says,&rdquo; the Associated Press reported in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AP\/status\/1893365971835838602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Saturday, the Vatican had been guardedly optimistic about the pope&rsquo;s recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN FEB 22 evening: Vatican says Pope Francis is still &ldquo;critical&rdquo; &amp; &ldquo;not out of danger.&rdquo; Vatican describes picture of significant ill health.<\/p>\n<p>Today he had &ldquo;an asmatiform respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude over time, which also required the application of oxygen at&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1t8hqBtDrt\">https:\/\/t.co\/1t8hqBtDrt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t0wfmmMQmA\">pic.twitter.com\/t0wfmmMQmA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Haynes &#127483;&#127462; (@MLJHaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLJHaynes\/status\/1893364565871882570?\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pope rested well.&rdquo; Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/vatican-pope-francis-hospital-update-holy-year-celebrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, doctors said the pope&rsquo;s major heath risk was sepsis, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-disturbing-details-emerge-about-activities-involving-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology\/\" title=\"New Disturbing Details Emerge About Activities Involving The Wuhan Institute Of Virology\">potentially life-threatening<\/a> serious infection of the blood that can be a complication of pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sepsis, with his respiratory problems and his age, would be really difficult to get out of,&rdquo; Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the head of medicine and surgery at Rome&rsquo;s Gemelli hospital, said.<\/p>\n<p>The English say &lsquo;knock on wood,&rsquo; we say &lsquo;touch iron.&rsquo; Everyone touch what they want. But this is the real risk in these cases: that these germs pass to the bloodstream,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is not out of danger,&rdquo; Dr. Luigi Carboni, the pope&rsquo;s personal physician, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So like all fragile patients, I say they are always on the golden scale: In other words, it takes very little to become unbalanced,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from the Vatican: Pope Francis is in critical condition <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jj2FXpoStu\">pic.twitter.com\/jj2FXpoStu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BNO News Live (@BNODesk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNODesk\/status\/1893366548363927815?\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Initially hospitalized with severe bronchitis, the pope was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pope-preparing-resign-senior-vatican-cardinal-slip-italian-radio-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosed<\/a> with pneumonia in both lungs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/pope-francis-remains-hospitalized-pneumonia-both-lungs-vatican-says-rcna192694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coming after years of declining health, a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/pope-francis-legacy-death-complex-italy-rome-health\/\">Politico<\/a> said that the pope was in intense pain &ldquo;and has privately expressed certainty he won&rsquo;t make it this time.&rdquo; The report was attributed to sources Politico did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Politico cited a source it did not name as saying Francis was told he could die if he did not go to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that even if Francis survives this scare, the concept of who follows him is moving to the fore,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He may not die now but of course he eventually will,&rdquo; Politico quoted what it said was one Vatican official as remarking. &ldquo;We all die &mdash;&nbsp;and he&rsquo;s an 88-year-old man with lung problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The pope has battled multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/politicized-vatican-nativity-scene-sparks-backlash-pope-francis-no-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the pope had 13 inches of his colon removed. In March 2023, he was hospitalized for what the pope later said was pneumonia. In June 2023 he underwent abdominal surgery. The pope also suffered falls in which he was injured in December and January, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/02\/18\/pope-francis-pneumonia-hospitalized\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzM5ODU0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQxMjM3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Mzk4NTQ4MDAsImp0aSI6IjdhMmJmYWQyLTJhM2QtNDI1Mi05NDQ5LTUzZTkwZGMwZjQwOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC8yMDI1LzAyLzE4L3BvcGUtZnJhbmNpcy1wbmV1bW9uaWEtaG9zcGl0YWxpemVkLyJ9.vay0oghzQ5GUOWM5bwFaqMg8HWcTo2N8tgbnRHv5ccg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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