Pope Francishospitalized at 88 for pneumonia in both lungs, He signed a canonizations decree, which includes Venezuelan blessed José Gregorio Hernándezconfirming that you can work and that your health seems to improve.
“The Pope rested well, all night,” the Holy See on Tuesday reported on the 12th day of his hospitalization in Rome, After having shown a “slight improvement”. This is The longest hospitalization since he was chosen leader of Catholics in 2013.
The Vatican announced that the Pope had received on Monday the visit of the Secretary of State, Cardinal Italian Pietro Parolin, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parrarespectively numbers two and three of the Holy See.
During this visit, the first from its entrance to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Francisco Authorized the canonization of two lay people from Venezuela and Italyand convened a Consistory -Cardinal Assembly -whose date did not specify.
José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, known as the ‘Doctor of the Poor’ (1864-1919), It was beatified on April 30, 2021 in Caracas and now it will become the first saint of Venezuela.
In the short term, “This audience means that the Pope is better”a Vatican source told AFP, although the prognosis of doctors is still “reserved” and their health, “critical.” This Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. a new medical bulletin will be published.
El día esperado ha llegado. El papa Francisco ha firmado el decreto de canonización de nuestro beato José Gregorio Hernández. Ya podemos llamarlo San José Gregorio Hernández.
Que el Señor y la Virgen nos bendigan. pic.twitter.com/cFf6TWyVWt
— Cardenal, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (@bepocar) February 25, 2025