Vatican City, Mar 2, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Pope John Paul II’s health “continues to improve and show progress” following a tracheotomy surgery last week, said Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls in a statement to journalists this morning.
He reiterated what he said in his previous statement earlier this week that, “the Pope is eating regularly and spends several hours each day in an armchair.”
Navarro-Valls also assured reporters that, "The surgical wound is healing”, and said that, "the daily sessions for rehabilitation of breathing and speaking continue, with the active collaboration of the Holy Father.”
He went on, stating that, "In recent days the Pope has been receiving several of his collaborators with whom he daily follows the activity of the Holy See and the life of the Church. He usually receives one collaborator a day."