Vatican City, March 25, 2025 – Pope Francis still dey receive treatment and therapy for him health as im dey concelebrate Mass for him residence wey dem sabi as Casa Santa Marta. The Holy See Press Office tok dis tua for journalists on Tuesday, as dem dey update dem on di Pope recovery after im discharge from di hospital.
According to di Press Office, di Pope dey do some work but no visitors dey come see am at dis time. Him convalescence go last about “two months” as di doctors don prescribe, and dis therapy go focus on him mobility, breathing, and voice recovery.
Di Holy Father don dey rest since im come back from di Gemelli Hospital on March 23, where im spend 38 days due to bilateral pneumonia. After im greet 3,000 people from di hospital balcony, he stop for Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore before heading back to Vatican.
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, di doctor wey oversee di Pope hospitalization, and Dr. Luigi Carbone, him personal doctor, confirm at a press conference dat di convalescence plan dey follow as planned. Di doctors advise make di Pope avoid visitors, and so na 24-hour medical assistance dey always dey around am, including oxygen therapy.
Di treatment wey di Pope dey receive include high-flow oxygen at night and gradual reduction during di day. As he dey do at Gemelli, e don start going to di chapel for di second floor of Casa Santa Marta to concelebrate Mass.
Di Holy See Press Office also mention say di Pope dey carry out some work, wey fit include recent appointments of Archbishop Ignazio Ceffalia as Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus and Monsignor Francesco Ibba as Defender of di Bond at di Roman Rota Tribunal. But dem no still confirm di full schedule for di coming weeks.
Di doctors dey monitor him recovery closely and dey expect clinical improvements. “Some decisions dey under consideration and go depend on di improvements wey go happen in di next week,” di Press Office talk.
Di General Audience wey suppose take place dis Wednesday, March 26, go not occur, just like di last weeks. Rather, di Pope catechesis go dey distributed in written format as dem don dey do since February 14.
Di Holy Father dey happy to be back for home, and di doctors don talk say di most dangerous phase of him illness don pass. They confirm say di serious infections don clear, as e don dey regain him strength.
Dr. Alfieri also share some critical moments wey di Pope face during him treatment, especially on di afternoon of February 28 when him condition worsen due to bronchospasm. “We all dey aware say di situation don dey bad and e dey at risk,” he said. E add say di Pope insist make dem tell am di truth about him health status from di begin.
“He wanted di truth to be shared,” said Dr. Alfieri. “Nothing wey we talk change or dey hidden. Di people wey dey around am dey like family, always by him side.”
