Editor’s Note: Though no longer a member of the Roman Curia, the mere fact that such a high profile Vatican statesman is thinking that a visit by Giorgia Meloni, yesterday, the current Italian Premier visited Pope Francis, means a lot more than both of them are telling, is significant. — As an ex-Minister of Culture at the Vatican Cardinal Ravasi knows well, that it is NOT a duty of the PM to visit a sick pope in hospital, unless he is about to announce something which will greatly impact Italian National Security, such as a resignation. — Cardinal Ravasi was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and participated in the faux conclave of 2013. He is 83 years of age and can no longer vote in Conclaves, so he is more free to speak than other Cardinals.

In the latest Vatican News release, here, no mention is still being made of either the Pope’s medical team’s components — a thing which would give a more complete picture of what kind of ailments are part of his complex medical condition — nor of any prognosis of how long of a stay in hospital is required to bring his health condition back to normal, if this is even possible.