Pope Francis has been in the hospital with double pneumonia for 14 days – the longest hospitalized hospital in his sinner. The Vatican says that his condition is improving slightly, but doctors say that his pregnancy is “reserved”.
Here are three possible landscapes:
– recovery –
The 88-year-old Pope, who is suffering from a series of health, but is known for his fighting spirit, appears on the Mend-although doctors take care that it is not “out of danger”.
The Pope’s medical team has not yet commented on the length of his hospitalization, but other experts have suggested double pneumonia in someone who may require three weeks of migration.
The severity of his illness will initially force the functional francis to slow down in any case.
“Francis is difficult to imagine to resume their activities at the same speed after such alarm,” said a Vatican source on the condition of anonymity.
The source said, “There will be essentially an infection period.”
In June 2023, after being hospitalized for 10 days of hospital operations, the Pope took time to return to his schedule, but it was in summer, traditionally, a short busy period.
The main question is whether Francis will be able to maintain its short -term commitments starting with the Easter celebrations in April.
The 2025 is a special Catholic year of the festival, called Jubilee, and Francis is considered to be the presidency of many events in Rome.
There will also be a question mark on his ability to travel. Although Francis has no official international trip, there is a possible visit to Türkiye on the card in May.
– Death –
Francis dye, cardinal camelango-currently the Irish-American bishop Kevin Fareel, will be responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the church until the election of the new Pontiff.
Paarel will not have the powers of the Pope, but can deal with administrative issues.
He will also call cardinals to decide when the pope’s body will be displayed in the state, and when to bury, which is between the fourth and sixth day of death by tradition.
The funeral, which Francis has insisted on simplifying, will be in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican.
Francis has chosen to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Central Rome, not in the Grotos of the Vatican like the previous platform.
Cardinals will then gather in Systin Chapel to vote for a new Pope, who were voted in meetings called Connects.
These will begin between 15 and 20 days after the Pope’s death. Currently there are 138 cardinal voters – cardinals under 80 years of age are eligible to vote.
– resign –
The speculation around a possible resignation has dogs the sinner of Francis, but is now intensified and is expected to continue in the coming months.
Italian Vatican expert Marco Polity told AFP, “If the Pope survives, many people imagine that he would like to finish the Jubilee year, but later, when he is 89 years old, he will have to face the question whether to resign or not.”
Francis has called a “consistent”, or a meeting of cardinals for the announcement of new saints – although no date has been set yet.
It was just such a consistent that his predecessor Benedict XVI announced his shock resignation in 2013.
In recent years, Argentina has blowed hot and cold when stepped down, saying that it is a possibility, but also warned that the Pope’s resignation should not become “fashion”.
And the fact that he is still working from the hospital, indicates both his active appearance as the head of about 1.4 billion Catholics in the world and has a desire to keep it
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