The Vatican says that Pope Francis sleeps well as he continues to recover after hospitalization.

Pope Francis I grown well during the first night in The hospital after its acceptance With the respiratory infection, the Vatican said on Saturday.

Matteo Brunei spokesman said that the 88 -year -old Pope is eating breakfast on Saturday morning and reading newspapers while continuing to treat drugs.

The Argentine Pope was accepted at Jimili Hospital in Rome on Friday after bad bronchitis for a week.

Francis, exposed to respiratory infections in the winter, was diagnosed with bronchitis on February 6.

Before entering the hospital, Francis continued to hold a daily fans in his wing at the Vatican Hotel, and attended his fans on Wednesday, until he was headed in an outdoor mass last Sunday. However, he handed his sermons to a loud reading assistants, saying that he is facing a breathing problem.

This is the Pope The fourth in the hospital Since his election for 2013 and raised questions about his increasingly unstable health.

Initial tests have shown that he has respiratory infection and slight fever. The Vatican canceled its fans at least during the two.

Francis was part of the removed lung when a young man and fought other health problems.

He had 13 inches of his large intestine that was removed in 2021 due to colon narrowing. He conducted more abdominal surgery in 2023 to Remove the intestinal scar Higher tissue and hernia. He uses a wheelchair, walking or cane when moving around his apartment and fell twice, which harmed his arm and chin.

He revealed that during the year 2023 in the hospital, he was already diagnosed with “acute and strong pneumonia, at the bottom of the lungs.”

Sometimes bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, which is a deeper and more dangerous infection than the lung air bags. Doctors may discover pneumonia by listening to the sound of crackling or zero in the lungs while the patient breathes, but often other tests are needed including X -rays on the chest and measuring the podium oxidation that measures the amount of oxygen in the blood. The treatment is different, but it can include providing oxygen through a tube or mask of the nose, and intravenous fluids – and treat the primary cause of infection.