The Vatican said Pope Francis’ respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which requires cortisone antibiotic treatment.

Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. In a Wednesday evening update,

Pope Francis, who was admitted to the hospital last week, has developed pneumonia in both of his lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, adding that the 88-year-old was in "good spirits." "The laboratory tests,