“The Holy Father’s clinical condition remains critical, but stationary,” doctors said in the statement on Tuesday, adding that the pope did not have any further acute respiratory episodes. Blood tests “continue to be stable,” the statement read.

The Vatican said Pope Francis has the "onset of bilateral pneumonia," and that tests, a chest X-ray and the pope's clinical condition present a "complex picture."

Pope Francis, in hospital in a critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, passed a good night and was resting, the Vatican said today.