“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 is in critical condition on Saturday, the Vatican said in a statement.The 88-year-old has been hospitalized for over a week now, initially to treat