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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Winfield

Vatican provides update on Pope’s new health crisis

Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Pope Francis is resting after suffering further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia.

On Monday, the 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, suffered the two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive mechanical ventilation to breathe.

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