Roman Catholics worldwide prayed for Pope Francis, who’s hospitalized in vital situation, at Mass on Sunday after the Vatican introduced that he was “not out of hazard.”
The 88-year-old pontiff went into the hospital on Feb. 14 with an an infection that developed into pneumonia in each lungs. He had a protracted “asthmatic respiratory disaster” on Saturday that required “excessive flows of oxygen” and a blood transfusion, the Vatican mentioned.
Francis has been the non secular chief of just about 1.4 billion Roman Catholics all over the world since 2013. And all over the world, there have been prayers for his restoration.
On the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, Pat Santos, a vacationer from the Philippines, described the pope as “the image of Christianity.”
The Vatican mentioned Sunday morning that the pope had had a restful evening, with out offering additional particulars about his situation.
“Pneumonia is a critical sickness for his age, that’s why we needs to be frightened,” mentioned Mr. Santos, 31, who was visiting South Korea together with his household. “Could he recuperate very properly in order that he can take pleasure in his retirement.”
Francis has suffered harm to his lungs prior to now, and in current days a couple of cardinals have overtly spoken about the potential of him resigning, as his predecessor, Benedict XVI, did in 2013.
Docs had mentioned on Friday that Francis would stay within the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, a hospital in Rome, for at the very least one other week. That they had mentioned he was in vital situation on Friday too, however the announcement on Saturday indicated a extra sophisticated state of affairs.
There have been prayers for the pope throughout Sunday companies in Nairobi, Kenya, in addition to in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, and within the Philippines, the place nearly 80 % of the inhabitants is Roman Catholic.
“As soon as extra, we proceed to maintain in our prayers Pope Francis. Could the Lord proceed to increase to him his love, his mercy and his therapeutic,” Father Vicente Gabriel Bautista mentioned throughout Sunday Mass on the Manila Cathedral, which additionally held a particular prayer vigil for Francis on Friday.
Aurora Agustin, a candle vendor, mentioned she had been sitting exterior the Quiapo Church in Manila and praying since Friday.
“I pray for his speedy restoration as a result of he’s our chief and could be very properly liked,” mentioned Ms. Agustin, 54.
Neneth Felix, a church volunteer in Paranaque, south of Manila, mentioned she was praying for Francis to have an extended life.
“Once I pray for my household at evening, I embrace Pope Francis in my prayers,” mentioned Ms. Felix, 62. “I’m touched by his humility — every thing about him displays it.”
Aie Balagtas See contributed reporting from Manila.
