“Today, the Holy Father experienced two episodes of acute respiratory failure, caused by a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,“ it said in a statement on Francis’s 18th day in hospital, the longest of his papacy.
It added that Francis’s prognosis remains “reserved,“ an indication that doctors cannot predict the likely outcome of his condition.
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On Monday, with the two episodes of acute respiratory failure, the Vatican said two separate bronchoscopies were performed in order to “aspirate abundant secretions”.
A bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows doctors to view the air passages using a small camera at the base of a flexible tube, while also taking tissue samples.
On Sunday evening, the Vatican had said the condition of the leader of the world's almost 1.4 billion Catholics was stable.
The pope also on Sunday received Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, and Edgar Pena Parra, a Venezuelan archbishop who is also a senior Vatican official.
Francis, born Jorge Bergoglio, missed his traditional Angelus prayer for a third straight Sunday and the Vatican issued a written text instead.
In it, the pope thanked well-wishers for their prayers, saying: “I feel all your affection and closeness and, at this particular time, I feel as if I am ‘carried’ and supported by all God’s people. Thank you all.”
This hospital stay is the fourth of his nearly 12-year papacy.
There has been speculation as to whether Francis might now resign, especially as his schedule has been packed with papal duties amid celebrations for the holy Jubilee year.
But before his recent hospitalisation he repeatedly had said it was not yet the time.
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