On Thursday the Pope showed signs of a
urinary tract infection and developed a high
fever.
All "necessary therapeutic and
cardio-respiratory measures" were activated at the
Apostolic Palace, he
said.
Late Thursday doctors were able to
stabilize the Pope but he remained in critical
condition.
At 7:17 pm yesterday, Rome time, the Pope
received the Anointing of the Sick, although today
at 6:00 am he celebrated Mass "calmly from his
bed".
"The Pope, as you know, is being treated by
his personal doctor, Renato Buzzonetti, two
intensive care doctors, a cardiologist, an ear,
nose and throat specialist and two nurses",
Navarro-Valls
explained.
This
morning John Paul received several top aides,
including Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo
Sodano; undersecretary of state Archbishop
Leonardo Sandri; the pope's vicar for Rome,
Cardinal Camillo Ruini; Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger;
the Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Giovanni
Lajolo; American Cardinal Edmund Szoka, the
governor of Vatican City; and Archbishop Paolo
Sardi, the Vatican vice chamberlain.
