Pope resting after acute breathing crises forced him to resume noninvasive ventilation

Pope Francis is resting after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against pneumonia. In its early Tuesday update, the Vatican said: “The pope slept through the night, now rest continues.” On Monday he had two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive mechanical ventilation to breathe. Doctors said they extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs. The 88-year-old pope has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man remained alert throughout the crises.