Pope Francis Remains in Critical Condition, Vatican Says

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Pope Francis “rested well” throughout the night and remained in a slightly improved condition Tuesday morning as he continued to battle double pneumonia in a Rome hospital, the Vatican said.

“The Pope rested well, all night,” the Vatican said in a brief, one-line statement Tuesday.

The Holy See later provided an update, saying the 88-year-old pontiff had gotten up to continue his daily treatment and was eating normally.

It said his condition remained the same as Monday, when the Vatican said Francis had shown a “slight improvement,” despite remaining in critical condition. He had also been able to resume work from his bed at the Italian capital’s Gemelli Hospital Monday, including calling the “pastor of Gaza Parish to express his fatherly closeness.”

Meanwhile, a “mild kidney insufficiency” that had been reported over the weekend initially sparking some alarm was no longer being considered a cause for concern, the Holy See also said Monday.

Still, in an update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni had cautioned that doctors “in view of the complexity of the clinical picture, conservatively do not yet change the prognosis from being guarded.”

Fears have grown over the pontiff’s condition after he was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 and was later diagnosed with “double pneumonia,” or pneumonia in both lungs, with the pope suffering asthma-like symptoms over the weekend.

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