{"id":2408618,"date":"2025-03-02T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-gets-visit-from-vatican-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:59:46","slug":"pope-gets-visit-from-vatican-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-gets-visit-from-vatican-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope gets visit from Vatican secretary of state &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpope-gets-visit-from-vatican-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner%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=2408618&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\u2064 Francis, currently recovering from double pneumonia, received a visit from the \u2063Vatican Secretary of State but skipped his \u2062weekly public\u2062 blessing due to his hospital\u200d stay. In a message shared by the Vatican,he expressed gratitude to his doctors and supporters,while praying for peace in Ukraine,highlighting a sense of solidarity with those suffering. \u200cAlthough he missed delivering the Angelus prayer in \u200cperson for the third\u2064 consecutive week,the Vatican reported positive signs of his recovery,noting \u200chis\u200d stable condition and ability to\u2063 rest without <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">requiring intensive medical\u200b assistance<\/a>.\u2063 The Pope&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kate-middleton-to-attend-kings-birthday-parade-amid-cancer-treatment\/\" title=\"Kate Middleton will attend the King&#039;s Birthday Parade during her cancer treatment\">recent health updates<\/a> indicate improvements in his respiratory function, bolstered by \u200cvisits from high-ranking \u200bchurch officials, suggesting his overall condition is \u2062stabilizing.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pope gets visit from Vatican state secretary, says he&rsquo;s sharing suffering of all sick people<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2022808\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ROME (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> A stable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-vatican-pneumonia-e9c1fda0c5db42ac6e4eda47e9bb2fc3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pope Francis<\/a>&nbsp;had a visit Sunday from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vatican secretary of state<\/a> as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia, but again skipped his weekly noon blessing to avoid even a brief public appearance from the hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Instead, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3334299\/pope-francis-drank-coffee-updates-from-the-holy-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vatican distributed a message<\/a> from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From here, war appears even more absurd,&rdquo; Francis said in the message, which he drafted in recent days from the Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said. Francis said he was living his hospitalization as an experience of profound solidarity with people who are sick and suffering everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel in my heart the &lsquo;blessing&rsquo; that is hidden within frailty, because it is precisely in these moments that we learn even more to trust in the Lord,&rdquo; Francis said in the text. &ldquo;At the same time, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to share in body and spirit the condition of so many sick and suffering people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Catholic faithfuls attend a vigil rosary for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter&rsquo;s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mosa&rsquo;ab Elshamy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signs point to a recovery<\/h2>\n<p>It marked the third weekend in a row that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-francis-surgery-hospital-95ea88e41d0d8e50252fd08befdd30d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Francis has canceled the Sunday appointment delivering the Angelus prayer<\/a>&nbsp;in person. He could have done so from his 10th floor hospital suite at the Gemelli hospital if he were well enough.<\/p>\n<p>But many signs indicated he was improving, especially after a respiratory crisis on Friday afternoon that resulted in him inhaling vomit during a coughing fit and raising the possibility of new infection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The night was quiet, the pope is still resting,&rdquo; the Vatican said in its Sunday update. Francis was up, read the Sunday papers and had coffee and breakfast while continuing with his therapy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb.14, in Rome, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardinal Pietro Parolin and his chief of staff, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, also called on the pope Sunday morning, their second visit since Francis&rsquo;s Feb. 14 hospitalization, according to the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni. There were no details of what was discussed, but the mere visit suggested Francis&rsquo;s condition was stabilizing.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors on Saturday reported that Francis was in stable condition, with no mention of him being critical, and managed to take &ldquo;long periods&rdquo; of time off the noninvasive mechanical ventilation he needed to recover after Friday&rsquo;s respiratory crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The 88-year-old pope had a &ldquo;good response&rdquo; in his gas exchange levels even while off the ventilator mask Saturday and only using high-flow supplemental oxygen, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333328\/vance-leads-prayer-pope-catholic-breakfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VANCE PRAYS FOR POPE AFTER IMMIGRATION CRITICISM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He had no fever or signs of elevated white blood cells, which would signal his body was fighting a new infection.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Francis was able to use just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-not-the-same-disease-as-previous-covid-variants\/\" title=\"Omicron \u2018Not The Same Disease\u2019 As Previous COVID Variants\">high-flow oxygen<\/a> for long periods, without any significant effect on the levels of oxygen in his blood, was a sign his respiratory function was improving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2022808\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2022808\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis, recovering from pneumonia, skipped his blessing again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2408619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vatican-Pope-Health.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9592,35945,9367,50898,32076],"class_list":["post-2408618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-pope","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-vatican","tag-visit-2","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vatican-Pope-Health.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408622,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408618\/revisions\/2408622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}