Pope Francis has stopped using an oxygen mask, the Vatican revealed on Wednesday. It added that the Pope’s clinical condition was “improving” after over one month in hospital. The 88-year-old has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14,

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation to help him breathe in the latest positive update on his health, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The 88-year-old pontiff has spent more than a month in hospital battling pneumonia in both lungs.

Pope Francis is no longer using ventilation to help him breath at night, the Vatican says. The 88-year-old has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital for nearly five weeks battling pneumonia. The Vatican has not yet given a time frame for the pontiff's discharge, saying his recovery is going slowly.

Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was "improving."

Pope Francis has stopped using oxygen mask. Pope Francis has spent several weeks in the hospital receiving treatment for "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection".

Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was "improving" after more than one month in hospital. The Argentine pope has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14 suffering from pneumonia in both lungs,

Pope Francis' condition is 'improving," the pontiff continues to make progress at physiotherapy and remains fever-free, according to his doctors.