Pope Francis has stabilized enough after two respiratory crises to be taken off noninvasive mechanical ventilation and resume receiving just high flows of supplemental oxygen via a nasal tube to help him breathe,

Francis was treated with noninvasive mechanical ventilation and had a good response, the Vatican said Friday.Not long before the Vatican revealed his Friday bronchospasm, Vatican sources told CBS News the pope's health had improved,

The Vatican reported that Pope Francis suffered new breathing issues and is back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

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Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs during two bronchoscopies,

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Pope slept well and is no longer on mechanical ventilation, the latest positive update from the Vatican stated.

Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church. With his health delicate as he battles double pneumonia, the return seems increasingly unlikely now to happen.