Pope Francis still in a critical condition on the 10th day of the hospital stay, says the Vatican and connects the longest of his papacy

Rome – Pope Francis woke up and continued on Monday after a quiet night on the 10th day of his hospital stay Early stages of renal failuresaid the Vatican.

“The night has passed well, the Pope fell asleep and rests,” said it. The 88-year-old Pope continues to feed and receives no artificial or liquid diet, said the Vatican and added that he was in a good mood.

A medical bulletin was expected later in the day.

Also later on Monday, Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was to lead a night prayer of the rosary on the St. Peter Square.

In the late Sunday, the doctors reported that blood tests showed “early, light renal failure”, which were nevertheless under control. They said Francis remained in a critical condition, but he hadn't experienced anything else Respiratory crises Since Saturday.

Francis, who has pneumonia in both lungs, received high supplementary oxygen flows and was vigilant, fast -moving and fair on Sunday. They said his forecast was guarded.

Doctors said that Francis' condition is touched in view of his age, fragility and his existing lung disease. They have warned that the main threat to Francis sepsis, is a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia.

So far there has been no indication of the beginning of sepsis in the medical updates provided by the Vatican.

This hospital stay is now binding Francis as a Pope. He spent 10 days in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome in 2021 after removing 13 inches from his large intestine.

In New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan admitted on Sunday which church leader in Rome did not say publicly: The Catholic believers were united “on the bed of a dying father”.

“How our holy father Pope Francis is very, very fragile health and probably death,” said Dolan in his sermon of the pulpit of the cathedral of St. Patrick. ”

Franci's condition has revived speculation about what could happen if it becomes unconscious or is put out of action in other ways and whether it could resign.