The Vatican announced that the Pope experienced a "sudden worsening" of his respiratory function due to a bronchospasm, which led to vomiting and inhalation complications, causing a  decline in his ...

Pope Francis experienced an isolated bronchial spasm resulting in a temporary setback in his hospitalization treatment for ...

The episode, which occurred in the early afternoon, resulted in a “sudden worsening of the respiratory picture.” ...

VATICAN CITY, February 28. /TASS/. Pope Francis has had a bronchial spasm and was in need of urgent medical aid, the press ...

Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in his two-week long ...

According to a Feb. 28 medical bulletin from the Holy See, Pope Francis experienced in the early afternoon “an isolated ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for two weeks, after being admitted with a severe respiratory infection ...

Pope Francis had a setback after suffering an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment, and that it was too ...

The Vatican said the pope responded well to the treatment, with a good level of gas exchange, and remained conscious and alert at all times.

The pope suffered an "isolated attack of bronchospasm" which caused vomiting with inhalation, the Vatican said on Friday.

The setback comes on the eve of two full weeks of hospitalization and casts uncertainty on the pope's recovery.