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The situation is becoming more worrying,
Fabrizio Pregliasco, a leading Italian virologist, told La Stampa daily,
Is the Pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,
said Alfieri
His primary concern isn’t to extend his life, his primary concern is to exercise the papal ministry in the way that he believes it must be exercised, which is all in, 100 per cent,
Ivereigh said
This hospitalisation could have been avoided” had someone put the brakes on the Pope’s schedule
Grana saidPope Francis is more unwell than yesterday
In a statement on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), the Vatican said
He has a crazy agenda,
another biographer, Argentine journalist Elisabetta Piqué, saidThe Pope cares a lot about the church, so it’s clear he put the church first,
the Pope’s personal doctor, Luigi Carbone, said at the hospital on Friday
For Francis, it’s all or nothing,
Catholic commentator and papal biographer Austen Ivereigh saidThe word he used most, the exhortation I remember best, is ‘forward’. Even when he was looking back, it was so he could move forward.”
Carlo Musso, who worked with Francis on Hope, an autobiography that was published last month, noted
He’s so obstinate; he’s a testardo,
Castro, using the Italian word for stubborn, saidI have trouble breathing.”
He could not finish his homily, passing it to an aide and sayingHe’s very strong-willed and doesn’t readily listen to suggestions that he cut things back,
he saidHe always says: I’ll have time to rest in the next world,
she saidI prefer a live pope than a pope who died because he kept one more commitment on his agenda,
he saidIt seems it is under control, but his body is showing signs of difficulty to overcome (the) situation,
he said
Today's blood tests also revealed thrombocytopenia, associated with anemia, which required the administration of blood transfusions,
What they're saying ... the Vatican said Saturday
We are praying today for the Holy Father, Pope Francis, and our hope is that he will recover well in the Grace of God,
Brazilian priest Don Wellison told AFPThe Holy Father's condition continues to be critical, therefore, as explained yesterday, the pope is not out of danger,
the Vatican said in its regular early evening updateNow we are thinking about the health of the Holy Father, his recovery, his return to the Vatican: these are the only things that matter,
the cardinal saidIs the pope out of danger? No, the pope is not out of danger, ... If you then ask whether he is in danger of dying at this moment, the answer is still no."
Alfieri said, but added