Pope Francis, hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts ...

Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said. Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope's lungs, an ...

Acute respiratory failure, which can be life-threatening, occurs when the lungs cannot pass enough oxygen into the blood.

The pope, 88, suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "slept all night" following Monday's medical intervention amid two episodes of "acute ...

The crisis was a new setback in the Pope's fight to recover from a complicated respiratory infection, which has lasted more ...

Pope Francis remains hospitalized due to pneumonia and has experienced two episodes of breathing difficulties today, ...