Pope Francis is recovering little by little, but he must “learn to speak again” After prolonged use of high flow oxygen therapy, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said Friday.
The cardinal, head of the Vatican doctrine office, He dismissed the speculations that the pontiff would retire and said he was again the one before.
“The Pope is very good, but high flow oxygen drys everything. You need to learn to speak again, but your general physical condition is the same as before “, Fernández said in the presentation of a new book by Francisco on poetry.
The 88 -year -old Pope was hospitalized for five weeks due to double pneumonia, during which the Vatican published only a brief audio From him speaking, on March 6, when his voice was heard broken, breathless and was difficult to understand.
In his latest health update published on Friday, the Vatican said that the state of the Pope remained stable with “minor improvements in breathing and mobility.”
He confirmed that he had not used mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night since Monday, but had been receiving oxygen through a small hose under the nose for much of the time.
There is still no official information about when I could return home, to the Vatican, And Fernández said he did not know if he would be discharged in time for Easter, which falls on April 20.
“I could come back, but doctors want Being safe at 100 % because he believes that, with the little time he has left, he wants to devote himself completely to others, not himself “said Fernández.
When asked if he believed that Francisco could resign, the cardinal said: “I really don’t think so.”
