Pope Francis Remains In Good Spirits Despite Developed Pneumonia In His Lungs – Vatican

The Vatican has come out to announce that Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs.

This is coming after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff, and the world has been reacting.

According to the Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni, laboratory tests and chest X-ray have confirmed the developed pneumonia in both of his lungs, but the Pope remains in good spirits regardless.

His words, “Laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s clinical condition continue to present a complex picture.

The follow-up chest CT scan which the Holy Father underwent this afternoon … demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia, which required additional drug therapy.

Nevertheless, the pope remains in good spirits.”

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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.