“As our Holy Father Pope Francis is in very, very fragile health, and probably close to death,” Dolan said in his homily from the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral, though he later told reporters he hoped and prayed that Francis would “bounce back”.
Pope Francis was resting on Monday morning, according to the Vatican, marking the 10th day of his hospitalisation due to a lung infection complicated by the early stages of kidney failure.
Late on Sunday, medical reports revealed that blood tests indicated early kidney failure, which doctors stated was being managed.
In New York on Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan acknowledged what church leaders in Rome weren't saying publicly: that the Catholic faithful were united “at the bedside of a dying father”.
Monday marks Francis' 10th day in the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalisation of his papacy.
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