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Is 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."
I don't see a pre-conclave environment, I don't see more conversations on a potential successor than there were a year ago,
he told Argentina's La Nacion daily The Pope rested well."
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni provided the shortest update yet on Saturday He is not out of danger,
said his personal physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone He has to get over this infection and we all hope he gets over it,
The English say 'knock on wood,' we say 'touch iron.' Everyone touch what they want,
he said as he tapped the microphone He knows he's in danger,
Sepsis, with his respiratory problems and his age, would be really difficult to get out of,
Alfieri told a press conference Friday at Gemelli Look, even though he's not (physically) here, we know he's here,
said Luis Arnaldo Lopez Quirindongo, a deacon from Ponce, Puerto Rico who was at the Vatican on Saturday for the Jubilee celebration Now we are thinking about the health of the Holy Father, his recovery, his return to the Vatican: these are the only things that matter
If we send him to Santa Marta (his home at the Vatican), he'll start working again as before,
It is better if he remains protected and has as few visitors as possible, to allow him to rest and make the treatment he is undergoing more effective,
If he considers that it is the best thing for the good of the Church, he will do it,
he told journalists on Thursday I'm still alive. Even though some wanted me dead."
After undergoing colon surgery in 2021, he joked to a group of Jesuits The resignation will depend on how the pope recovers. The decision is up to Francis alone,
he was quoted by the AGI news agency as saying I know that some out there say my time has come, they are always bringing me bad luck!"
Francis quipped to Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni when she visited him on Thursday, They were preparing the conclave,
he said, in reference to the meeting of cardinals to elect a new pope after a death or resignation Francis himself has said he had already signed a letter of resignation at the beginning of his pontificate,
This morning I said 'Good morning, Holy Father!' And he with a grin replied 'Good Morning, Holy Son!"
The pope knows this. He said: ‘I realise that the situation is serious’,