‘It is hoped that John Paul II, still hospitalized after his tracheotomy, will be able to spend Holy Week in the Vatican, a spokesman says.

Joaquín Navarro Valls read a statement today affirming, “The general health conditions of the Holy Father continue to improve, which allows the Pope to spend long periods of the day in an armchair.”

“No complications have arisen because of the tracheotomy surgery,” which the Pope underwent Feb. 24, added the director of the Vatican press office. ‘

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