(ANSA) - PERUGIA, 09 NOV - Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, hospitalized since November 3 in Intensive Therapy 2 at the "Santa Maria della Misericordia" hospital in Perugia, "in in the last few hours he has suffered an overall worsening of the clinical picture. Diagnostic investigations and all the appropriate treatments are underway ".
They communicate the CEI and the Perugian hospital in the daily bulletin.
"We accompany the cardinal president with affection and closeness - declares Msgr. Stefano Russo, general secretary of the CEI -. We urge our Churches to pray in this moment of trial. We are sure that the Lord will not fail mercy and consolation to the Cardinal and to those who are severely tried by the disease. We also remember the doctors, health workers and those who take care of the suffering.
We ask everyone to share these intentions in their moments of daily prayer ". (HANDLE).