Impilo kaPapa uFrancis ibe yimbi kakhulu emahoreni angama-24 edlule, kanti iVatican manje isichaza isimo sakhe “njengesibucayi.” UPapa oneminyaka engu-88 ubudala ulaliswe esibhedlela ngoFebhuwari 14 ngemuva kokudonsa kanzima nokuphefumula kwatholakala ukuthi unenyumoniya kuwo womabili amaphaphu. NgoMgqibelo ekuseni, waba nenkinga yokuphefumula futhi edinga umoya-mpilo ogeleza kakhulu. Odokotela baphinde bampompela igazi ngenxa yokuncipha kwamazinga eplatelet, okungase kubonise ukuntuleka kwegazi emzimbeni.
Udokotela wase-US uthe ukwelashwa kungenzeka kusize ukuthuthukisa amazinga egazi lakhe, kodwa umzimba wakhe udonsa kanzima ukululama.
UPapa Francis ngeke abonakale emphakathini ngeSonto, ephuthelwe umkhuleko we-Angelus isonto lesibili lilandelana. Lokhu akukaze kwenzeke phambilini ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo. Isimo sakhe sibucayi ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe nezinkinga zamaphaphu zesikhathi esidlule. Odokotela bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukutheleleka kungasakazeka futhi kuholele ku-sepsis, isimo esisongela ukuphila.
UPapa uFrancis, owaba ngupapa ngo-2013, useke wabhekana nezinkinga eziningi zezempilo kule minyaka edlule, okumenza abe sengozini yokuthola izifo.