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Outcome of Pope's new therapy to be known today-tomorrow
Baku, February 21, AZERTAC
It will be possible to understand how Pope Francis is responding to his new therapy between Friday and Saturday, ANSA reported citing the Vatican sources.
"Between today and tomorrow it will be possible to understand how the Pope is reacting to the new therapy", the Vatican sources said.
The response could provide an insight into the length of the pontiff's stay at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he is being treated for double pneumonia.
The last two official evening bulletins issued by the Vatican had highlighted an improvement in the overall health condition of the Pope, who was hospitalized a week ago on February 14.
Meanwhile Vatican sources said the pope is continuing to meet with his closest aides and to carry out some work.
He spends part of his time in bed and part in an armchair and breathes autonomously, the sources explained.
Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said on Friday that "the modalities of Sunday's Angelus have not been decided yet".
No hypothesis has been ruled out, including that the pontiff could deliver a written text, such as last Sunday.
In the text of his Angelus address last Sunday, the pope thanked the health professionals treating him in Rome's Agostino Gemelli hospital and said he needed therapy.
The 88-year-old Argentine pontiff did not read out the address because doctors have said he needs absolute rest.
