ROME – On Monday the medical team treating Pope Francis said that he remains stable and is out of immediate danger, though given the severity of his infection will be required to spend several more days in the hospital.
A March 10 Vatican statement said, “The Holy Father’s clinical conditions continue to be stable. The improvements recorded in recent days have further consolidated, as confirmed by both blood tests and clinical objectivity and the good response to pharmacological therapy.”
For these reasons, the pope’s doctors Monday today decided to “lift” the guarded prognosis they have maintained in recent days, implying they no longer believe his condition is critical or that he is at immediate risk of death.
