Laboratory tests performed today indicate that there has been a slight improvement in Pope Francis’s overall condition.
The news follows his being diagnosed yesterday with the onset of pneumonia during his ongoing hospital stay.
“The clinical conditions of the Holy Father are stable. The blood tests, evaluated by medical staff, show a slight betterment, particularly of the inflammatory indices,” said a Vatican statement released 19 February.
It added that after having breakfast earlier that morning, the Pope read some newspapers and dedicated himself to some work activities with “his closest collaborators", though it did not provide names.
