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Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris

GMA3: Wednesday, February 19

Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris

ABC News

Daily News, Politics, Entertainment News, News

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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0:00.0

Now from Times Square, here's what you need to know.

0:05.0

We have a lot to talk about, starting with the world right now is watching and praying for the Pope.

0:10.0

What's the latest that we know about his condition?

0:12.0

Yes, yesterday the Vatican released this report. It had a lot of confusing words in it.

0:16.0

Thankfully, it's reported that he's in a good move and in good states, which is what's important.

0:20.0

But also the information, I'll be honest with you, Eva, is quite troubling.

0:23.3

What we know so far is that he's got bilateral pneumonia, which essentially means that he

0:27.2

has pneumonia on both sides of his lungs, just to help everyone understand, because it can be

0:31.4

confusing when using this terminology.

0:33.6

Nymonia can be caused by any type of thing, like bacteria, fungi, viruses.

0:38.3

It can also often come with symptoms of coughing, fatigue, and also just generally feeling unwell in a high fever.

0:44.3

And those who are most at risk are those who are immune compromise or those who are older.

0:48.3

Now, in the Pope's condition, we also know that he has a polymicrobial infection,

0:52.3

which often means that they're fighting more than one type of infection. And he also has a problem called asthmatic bronchitis, which is an

0:58.7

immune reaction. Now, all of this can make the clinical treatment complicated, which is what

1:03.0

they're trying to do aggressively likely. What happens from here on out is likely reassessments

1:07.4

to see how he's responding to treatment, and then continuing to assess his mood in its mental state, which thankfully as a state is good right now.

1:13.5

And you, I'm sure, see this a lot in the ER, but I mean, a man of his age with all of these

1:18.4

issues right now, how concerning is that?

1:21.0

It certainly makes him high risk, Eva.

1:22.8

His age of being 88 years old, he has a prior history of a lobectomy. A part of his other lung was removed.

1:28.7

That increases his risk. He also has a prior history of multiple infections, and that can increase

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