Pope Francis continues to rest in hospital as Vatican’s Holy Year proceeds without him

Pope Francis remained successful the infirmary connected Saturday recovering from treble pneumonia arsenic the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him.

"The nighttime passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican said Saturday morning.

Three weeks person present passed since Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital connected Feb. 14 aft a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened. Doctors archetypal diagnosed the analyzable viral, bacterial and fungal respiratory tract corruption and subsequently the onset of pneumonia successful some lungs.

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Pope Francis waves from the cardinal loggia of St. Peter's basilica during the Easter 'Urbi et Orbi' connection and blessing to the City and the satellite arsenic portion of the Holy Week celebrations, successful the Vatican connected March 31, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)

The pontiff's information stabilized pursuing acute respiratory crises.

The Vatican proceeded with its Jubilee celebrations, the once-every-quarter-century Holy Year that is bringing pilgrims from astir the satellite to Rome. The Holy Year is celebrating volunteers this weekend, and galore are extending their pilgrimage to commune for Francis extracurricular the hospital.

Pope Francis waves from his pope mobile aft the play Angelus prayers, astatine Saint Peter's Square successful the Vatican connected October 20, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty)

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny volition preside implicit the Holy Year Mass connected Sunday for the volunteers.

Francis spent 20 minutes connected Friday successful the Gemelli infirmary chapel praying and doing immoderate enactment successful betwixt remainder and respiratory and carnal therapy, the Vatican said.

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Pope Francis attends his play wide assemblage successful the Pope Paul VI hallway astatine the Vatican connected Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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The pope has been utilizing precocious flows of supplemental oxygen to assistance him respire during the time and a noninvasive mechanical ventilation disguise astatine night.

Earlier this week, Francis, who has chronic lung illness and had portion of 1 lung removed erstwhile helium was younger, suffered acute respiratory nonaccomplishment and underwent bronchoscopies to suction mucus from his lungs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.