Pope Francis has been placed back on mechanical ventilation following medical episodes after 17 days in the hospital. The Vatican announced in

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,

Pope Francis' health condition is “no longer critical,” but remains “complex.” So reports the Vatican. Pope Francis, meanwhile, has been hospitalized for more than two weeks with double pneumonia. The church leader “slept well” during the night from Sunday to Monday.