Pope Francis spends peaceful night after breathing crisis, Vatican says
Pope Francis, hospitalized with double pneumonia in February 2025, rested during peaceful nights after a severe breathing crisis that required blood transfusions, the Vatican said, and later suffered another isolated breathing crisis.

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