This is serious.

News reports everywhere have said that the Holy Father has a Urinary Tract Infection. In my admittedly limited and non-clinical experience, UTIs in elderly men who have other health problems generally indicate a poor prognosis for the patient.

Whatever the outcome of this episode, I pray that the Most High sustain the faith of this heroic man and that he grant the grace to all involved his care to treat him with the respect due him as a bearer of the image and likeness of God.