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Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, remains in critical condition on Sunday after he suffered an “asthmatic respiratory crisis” the previous day, according to a statement released by the Vatican.
The pope, who was hospitalized last week with a severe lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests indicated a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in its most recent update. “This morning Pope Francis presented with an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the application of oxygen at high flows,” the statement reads.
While the ailing pontiff “continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair” he is “in more pain than yesterday,” it added.
Earlier on Saturday, the Vatican announced that Francis would remain hospitalized following a pneumonia diagnosis and would be unable to deliver the weekly Angelus prayer for just the third time in his 12-year papacy. He initially checked in to a clinic in Rome on February 14 and underwent tests for a respiratory tract infection. He was later diagnosed with pneumonia on Thursday after CT scans revealed an infection in…
