The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) has said its founder, Mother Angelica, remains in a “delicate” condition. Members of her religious order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama, asked for prayers for her. In a post on the order’s website, the Poor Clares extended “a heart-felt thank-you” to all who have been praying for Mother Angelica, who is 92. “The many cards and promises of prayer she received throughout this past Christmas season were a great consolation and support,” the post said. “Mother’s condition remains delicate and she receives devoted care day and night by her sisters and nurses. “In God’s providence, she was able to receive the special jubilee grace of passing through the Door of Mercy shortly after its opening for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Although she is most often sleeping, from time to time mother will give a radiant smile. There is no doubt that her heart must be ‘on things above’.” Last November a spokesman for the Poor Clares told Catholic News Service that Mother Angelica was doing as well as could be expected for someone her age who remains partially paralysed. Luke Johnasen, director of pilgrimages at the monastery, said: “From what I’m told, it’s not that she’s completely unable to eat. It’s assisting her to get the nutrients she needs.” He confirmed to CNS that she had been fitted with a feeding tube. “She’s had some ups and downs the last few months,” he said. “She’s a fighter.” In the post, the Poor Clares said that towards the close of 2015, the entire community of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, based in Birmingham, Alabama, came together to celebrate a Mass for Mother Angelica. It was “another gift of God’s mercy. Mother herself is regularly fortified by the sacraments,” the order said. On February 12, Pope Francis sent his greetings to Mother Angelica from aboard the papal plane to Cuba for his historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.“To Mother Angelica with my blessing and I ask you to pray for me; I need it,” the Pope said. “God bless you, Mother Angelica.”