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Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises and was put back on non-invasive mechanical ventilation in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis slept through the night and was resting on Tuesday morning, after having suffered two new ...

Pope Francis remains in a stable condition with no new respiratory crises or fever and worked from hospital on Thursday as he recovers from double pneumonia, the Vatican said.