Medics at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital administer ‘mechanical ventilation’ after pontiff’s latest health setback.

Pope Francis has experienced two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency due to double pneumonia, necessitating advanced medical interventions. Hospitalized at Gemelli Hospital since February, the 88-year-old pontiff's condition remains guarded.

Pope Francis ‘inhaled vomit’ after suffering a bronchial spasm in a major setback in his two-week battle against pneumonia, the Vatican has said. The development marked a reversal in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors treating Francis at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14.