Pope in good condition: has started rehabilitation

Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The Pope's health continues to improve; John Paul II has even started respiration and speech rehabilitation therapy.  This is the good news announced today by Joaquín Navarro-Valls, head of the Vatican Press Office, in releasing the following statement:

The Holy Father's post-operative phase is taking place without complications.  His general condition and biological parameters continue to be good.  The Holy Father is eating regularly, spends some hours in an armchair and has begun exercises to rehabilitate breathing and phonation.  The next communiqué will be on Thursday, March 3.

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