Drawing in which a child prays for the Pope's health Photo: EFE/EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI

The Pope’s Health on Sunday, March 9: ”Slight Gradual Improvement” and Second Visit of the Cardinal Secretary of State

The Pope was visited for the second time since he has been in hospital by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and by the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Monsignor Edgar Peña Parra. According to official information, both ecclesiastics “brought him up to date on some situations of the Church and of the world.”

World Leaders of the Left and Right Pronounce Themselves on Pope’s Health

Some have reacted with a good disposition regarding the person of the Pontiff. Others have taken advantage of the situation to support their own lines of government. Some have remained silent. To observe the accents of their statements and the omission of reference to faith serves to detect the interested or sincere use of each politician in regard to the Pope’s health.