Pope suffers 2 episodes of respiratory failure, Vatican says

(ROME) --  Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said.The episodes were caused by a "significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm," the Vatican's press office said in a brief statement.Two bronchoscopies were performed on the pontiff,... Read More.

Pope Francis has quiet night in hospital, Vatican says

ABC NewsROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis in a prayer published on Sunday thanked Gemelli Hospital's doctors and medical staff "for the attention with which they are taking care of me."The prayer -- the pope's weekly Angelus -- was dispatched from the hospital in... Read More.