Pope Francis is now on his 35th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, in stable condition and slowly but surely recovering from pneumonia in both lungs.

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation for help breathing at night and his doctors believe he will continue to improve, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in the latest positive update as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia.

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night

Pope Francis' health has continued to improve, the Vatican said on Wednesday, noting that the 88-year-old pontiff can now manage without a breathing mask over his mouth and nose in hospital. Francis no longer needs non-invasive mechanical ventilation and also "has less need of high-flow oxygen therapy,