Originally published at Southern Cross
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — After one full month of being hospitalized and treated for double pneumonia and other respiratory infections, Pope Francis’ medical condition has decidedly stabilized, the Vatican press office said.
Despite his “complex” medical situation, there has been no significant change for the past few days so doctors caring for the pope at Rome’s Gemelli hospital decided not to release a medical bulletin as scheduled, it said. The brief medical reports will also probably be released every two or three days because recovery in this case is slow.
No change to his condition is in itself a positive sign, the press office added March 14.
The pope spent the past week following the Roman Curia’s Lenten retreat March 9-14 by video, listening to the daily meditations led in the morning and afternoon by Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, preacher of the papal household.
Father Pasolini ended the last mediation by thanking the pope, whose absence was “more than justified.” He joked that if the pope had planned to be absent to alleviate the pressure and fear of leading his first series of Lenten reflections for the Curia, then “mission accomplished.”
The pope suspended all work-related activities to dedicate
