{"id":2415045,"date":"2025-03-25T12:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-franciss-doctors-considered-allowing-him-to-die\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:25:03","slug":"pope-franciss-doctors-considered-allowing-him-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-franciss-doctors-considered-allowing-him-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis&#8217;s doctors considered allowing him to die"},"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\">16<\/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-franciss-doctors-considered-allowing-him-to-die%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=2415045&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 recently faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">severe health crisis<\/a>, leading his doctors to consider the possibility of allowing him to pass away due to his critical condition. Professor Sergio Alfieri, responsible for the pope&#8217;s care, revealed that after Francis experienced a bronchial spasm and inhaled vomit, the prognosis was dire. Medical professionals debated whether to continue aggressive treatment,which risked further organ damage,or to let nature take its course. Ultimately, influenced by a nurse&#8217;s insistence to &#8220;try everything,&#8221; they chose to pursue extensive treatment. The pope spent around 38 days hospitalized, battling bronchitis that progressed to pneumonia. His condition improved,and he made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">public appearance<\/a> on March 23 from a hospital balcony,signaling his recovery and gratitude to those who supported him during his illness.  <\/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 Francis&rsquo;s doctors considered allowing him to die before unexpected recovery<\/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_2073384\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The doctors who cared for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pope Francis\">Pope Francis<\/a> during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mary-lou-retton-breaks-silence-amid-health-battle\/\" title=\"Mary Lou Retton speaks out amidst ... struggles.\">life-threatening health battle<\/a> over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be no choice but to let him die.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sergio Alfieri, the doctor in charge of caring for the pontiff after he was admitted to Gemelli hospital in Rome, told the Italian newspaper <em>Corriere della Sera<\/em> about the grim prognosis the pope faced in late February after he suffered a bronchial spasm and inhaled his own vomit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3357279\/turkey-government-arrests-istanbul-protesters-violence\/\">Turkey arrests over 1,300 Istanbul protesters as Erdogan rebukes &#8216;movement of violence&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3356690\/netanyahu-internal-civil-war-idf-bombards-gaza\/\">Netanyahu faces internal &#8216;civil war&#8217; as IDF bombards Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3355534\/italian-education-ministry-bans-gender-neutral-symbols-schools\/\">Italian education ministry bans gender-neutral symbols in schools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We had to choose whether to stop and let him go or force it and try with all the drugs and therapies possible, running the very high risk of damaging other organs. And in the end, we took this path,&rdquo; Alfieri said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pope Francis waves as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (Francesco Sforza\/Vatican press office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alfieri said it was a nurse who told him to exhaust all means to try to save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-dropping-most-jan-6-obstruction-charges-in-pending-cases-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DOJ dropping most Jan. 6 obstruction charges in pending cases - Washington Examiner\">pope&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s life: &ldquo;Try everything, we won&rsquo;t give up. That&rsquo;s what we all thought, too. And no one gave up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Francis, 88, spent approximately 38 days in the hospital, battling bronchitis, which turned into a case of pneumonia in both lungs that gave way to further complications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3356273\/pope-francis-leaves-hospital-public-appearance-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"POPE FRANCIS LEAVES HOSPITAL AFTER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN WEEKS\"><strong>POPE FRANCIS LEAVES HOSPITAL AFTER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN WEEKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Holy See Press Office issued twice-daily health updates to keep the world abreast of his health, at times in surprising detail.<\/p>\n<p>He made his first public appearance post-recovery on March 23 when he appeared on the balcony of Gemelli hospital in a wheelchair, giving a thumbs-up and addressing a crowd gathered to see him.<\/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_2073384\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2073384\"}});<\/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&#8217;s doctors contemplated letting him die before his surprising recovery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2415046,"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\/AP25082416391155.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52086,4381,4964,52087,34207],"class_list":["post-2415045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-end-of-life-care","tag-ethics","tag-health","tag-medical-decisions","tag-pope-francis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25082416391155.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415045","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\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415049,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415045\/revisions\/2415049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}