Dennis Gaviola

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Agence France-Presse

Pope Francis is receiving &quot;thousands&quot; of letters a day from around the world as he slowly recovers from pneumonia in a Rome hospital, said Italy&#x27;s postal service.The 88-year-old pontiff marked one month in Rome&#x27;s Gemelli hospital Friday, where doctors now consider his condition stable and slowly improving after a critical period marked by breathing crises that risked his life.Well-wishers have been flooding the city&#x27;s postal service with letters &quot;from the time of his hospitalisation until today,&quot; the postal service said in a statement.The &quot;surge&quot; in correspondence was being felt at the postal service&#x27;s Fiumicino sorting centre, with &quot;up to 150 kilograms more mail per day,&quot; said the unit&#x27;s head, Antonello Chidichimo.&quot;These days, the flow of letters and messages addressed to Pope Francis is particularly intense, a sign of the affection and closeness of the international community,&quot; said the statement.In a bit of self-promotion, the postal service said it was playing a &quot;fundamental role... in ensuring that every message of support and prayer reaches its destination&quot;.The Vatican has yet to say when Francis could be released from the hospital, where he is in a special papal suite on the 10th floor.On Friday, it again said the pope was &quot;stable&quot; after passing a &quot;quiet night&quot;, but did not publish a medical bulletin in the evening as had been expected. The press office later said there was &quot;no striking news to report&quot;.On the anniversary of Francis&#x27;s 12 years as pope Friday, his favourite football team -- Buenos Aires&#x27; San Lorenzo club -- posted a video message of support, with other messages arriving from Brazilian footballer Neymar and Italy&#x27;s former player and manager Ciro Ferrara.The Argentine pontiff has previously thanked well-wishers for their letters and prayers, noting their &quot;affection and closeness&quot;.In February, ten days after Francis was hospitalised, the Vatican published a message written by him in which he cited the &quot;many messages of affection&quot;.&quot;I have been particularly struck by the letters and drawings from children,&quot; wrote Francis.

Pope Francis is receiving "thousands" of letters a day from around the world as he slowly recovers from pneumonia in a Rome hospital, said Italy's postal service.

Pope Francis is receiving "thousands" of letters a day from around the world as he slowly recovers from pneumonia in a Rome hospital, said Italy's postal service.

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Pope Francis receiving 'surge' in mail, says Italian post

Agence France-Presse

Published March 15, 2025 10:21 PM PHT

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