Pope has coffee, rests after setback in recovery -- a bronchial spasm requiring further ventilation

Mar 1, 2025 - 10:00
Pope has coffee, rests after setback in recovery -- a bronchial spasm requiring further ventilation
Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled vomit that needed to then be extracted.