Pea Parra, who is the Vatican chief of staff, visited Francis on February 24, March 2 and March 9 along with the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the lone Vatican officials who have called on him aside from his personal secretaries.
Archbishop Edgar Pea Parra said he had found Francis in good humour and serene during the three times he has visited the pope at the Gemelli hospital in Rome.
Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and a new stage in his pontificate is opening, two of his closest advisers said, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old pontiff hit the five-week mark in his hospitalisation.
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