{"id":14454,"date":"2025-03-09T15:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/for-first-time-since-his-hospitalization-pope-francis-shows-good-response-to-treatment-says-vatican-source\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T15:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:02:36","slug":"for-first-time-since-his-hospitalization-pope-francis-shows-good-response-to-treatment-says-vatican-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/for-first-time-since-his-hospitalization-pope-francis-shows-good-response-to-treatment-says-vatican-source\/","title":{"rendered":"For first time since his hospitalization, Pope Francis shows \u2018good response\u2019 to treatment, says Vatican source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80lngxs000a356omidw9wfy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            This follows a statement from the Vatican press office on Saturday that described \u201ca good response to therapy\u201d and a \u201cgradual, slight improvement\u201d since his episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80m7kiz000g356otwrd3kb5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Vatican source said that this improvement was due to the \u201cgas exchange\u201d in the lungs and the oxygenation of the blood. However, the risk remains of another breathing crisis remains and the prognosis is still reserved, the source emphasized.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80m86hy000o356oet7wn7ej@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The pope continues to alternate between high flow oxygen therapy during the day and non-invasive ventilation at night, the Vatican press office said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80mchpo00003b5vaxy9w24j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            On Saturday morning, Francis prayed inside a chapel. In the afternoon, he rested and engaged in work activities, the office said, adding that Sunday\u2019s Angelus prayer will again be released in written form.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80lasv40000356o3bm118uu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Since Monday\u2019s incident, the pope has remained in stable condition and received respiratory and motor physiotherapy. He released a pre-recorded audio message on Thursday thanking his supporters for their prayers.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm80mfv1900093b5vcz0ui5kp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Uncertainty has continued to swirl in the Vatican throughout Francis\u2019 extended hospital stay.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This follows a statement from the Vatican press office on Saturday that described \u201ca good&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}