Vatican City, Mar 31, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Vatican's spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the Pope experienced serious heart problems yesterday but that he is "conscious, lucid and extraordinarily calm."
An emotional Navarro-Valls said the Pope experienced septic shock, his "blood pressure is unstable" and he has "respiratory difficulties," although he remains "lucid, conscious and calm," "extraordinarily calm," he emphasized.