Let me fix that. 
And I thought that meant you were going to tell him to make that papal decree!
Ok, we mods have power, but… 
That is how he - ultimately - landed the job
;o)
Wow! I’ve heard of partial liver donation, and even partial pancreas transplantation (that had problems which still limit its use) but this? That’s incredible.
Huh. Seems I was misinformed.
The article I linked to upthread described the Pope’s current infection as a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.” That actually sounds closer to what you had described.
According to two people familiar with the matter, Francis has been suffering from intense pain and has privately expressed certainty he won’t make it this time. On Sunday, doctors at Gemelli distressed the pope by barring him from delivering his regular morning Angelus sermon, which he has rarely missed, even when hospitalized, said one of the people and a third person. He is now acting entirely on “doctors’ orders,” said one of them.
The pope initially resisted going to hospital but was told in no uncertain terms that he was at risk of dying if he stayed in his room in the Vatican, the second person added.
As his health has deteriorated over the last month, Francis has also moved to complete key initiatives and appoint sympathetic figures to key posts, following a progressive-tinted papacy marked by bitter ideological divisions. Since he became pope in 2013, Francis has aimed to make the Church more inclusive, opening up key roles to women and LGBT+ people.
Since he didn’t retire a while ago I wonder if he thinks he’ll be replaced by a more conservative and traditional pope.
He almost certainly will be. I can only imagine that MAGA Catholics are pretty pumped about getting to pick the new Pope.
One thing that I admire/envy about Francis is that when he was young he was buds with Jorge Luis Borges. Maybe we can get a French pope who’d palled with Samuel Beckett.
Moderating:
That’s really not an appropriate comment for this thread. I have just now tagged it as a breaking news thread (no political jabs!) but it should have been obvious from the content that it was that sort of thread.
No warning, because it wasn’t tagged. But don’t do this again.
Sadly, Andre Roussimoff is no longer with us.
Or an American pope who turns out to be Thomas Pynchon.
Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.
The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
“The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved,” the statement said.
What is a “reserved” prognosis? Does that mean TPTB is simply keeping mum? Or is there an actual medical definition?
TPTB seem to be unusually forthcoming about his condition:
Too soon!
Sure sounds like it’s grave. He seems like a good guy. He’ll be missed if it’s his time.