ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "rested well" overnight, his 17th night in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said on Monday. "The pope rested well all night," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement.

Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday (Mar 2) and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, the Vatican said, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis ' clinical condition remains "stable" on Sunday, the Vatican said, as the pontiff continues to be hospitalized for the 17th consecutive day.

ROME: Pope Francis rested well during his 17th night in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday (Mar 3), a day after reporting the 88-year-old was in a "stable" condition. The Argentine head of the Catholic Church was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb 14 with bronchitis,

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a "stable" condition, with no repeat of the previous day's breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday.The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church is still receiving oxygen,

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened and turned into a complex pneumonia in both lungs.

Instead, the Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere. “From here,

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for more than two weeks with double pneumonia, spent a "calm night", the Vatican said on Sunday, after reporting he was in a

Late Friday, the Vatican said Francis suffered a coughing fit in which he inhaled vomit, resulting in a “sudden worsening of the respiratory picture.”