ROME — Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia: two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive mechanical ventilation to breathe. In its early Tuesday update, the Vatican said: “The pope slept through the night, now rest continues.”

Pope Francis, hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure the day before, the Vatican said. On Tuesday morning,

Pope Francis was resting on Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia – two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using non-invasive mechanical ventilation to breathe.