ROME – After two days of resting and diagnostic tests at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis is now undergoing treatment for a polymicrobial respiratory infection, and his clinical status has been defined by the Vatican as “complex”.
In a statement Monday afternoon, the Vatican said “the results of tests carried out in recent days and today have demonstrated a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract” resulting in “a further modification of the therapy” the Pope is receiving.
He was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital after his regular audiences Friday for bronchitis, and began treatment, which was later modified based on initial testing that confirmed a respiratory infection.
