Pope Francis will spend several days in hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection that has caused breathing difficulties, the Vatican said in a statement on March 29.
The Vatican said the 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, had complained of breathing difficulties in recent days and was taken to Policlinico A. Gemelli, a general hospital in Rome, Italy, following his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Testing has ruled out COVID-19, the statement said.
“In recent days Pope Francis complained of some respiratory difficulties and this afternoon he went to Policlinico A. Gemelli for some medical checks,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement….