While the Vatican has looked to play down worries over Pope Francis’ health, his sudden hospitalization has highlighted the 86-year-old pontiff’s increasing frailty.
There have always been question marks over the health of the pope – who was 76 when he was elected pontiff in March 2013 – because it was widely known that when he was in his 20s he had part of one of his lungs removed in his native Argentina.
This week’s hospitalization comes less than two years after the pontiff’s last stay at the Gemelli hospital’s papal suite, which is reserved exclusively for popes and contains a private chapel. In an interview with Reuters last July, Francis said he preferred not to have an operation on his knee because he did not want a repeat of long-term negative side effects from anesthesia he suffered from the colon operation.Last July, returning from a trip to Canada, Francis acknowledged that his advancing age and his difficulty walking might have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy.
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