Doctors Say Pope Francis Will Continue To Improve – Vatican

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation to help his breathing at night, the Vatican has said.

Recall that Pope has been in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for nearly five weeks for a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.

According to the Vatican, his doctors believe he will continue to improve, and while mechanical ventilation has stopped, the Pope is still receiving oxygen via a small hose under his nose.

Vatican said, “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father are confirmed to be improving. Mechanical ventilation has been suspended, but the pope is still receiving oxygen via a small hose under his nose.”

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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.