Pope Francis had breakfast and slept peacefully, the Vatican says, after he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs.
A Vatican spokesman said the 88-year-old spent his fifth night in Rome’s Gemelli hospital peacefully.
“He had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” the spokesman said.
On Tuesday the Vatican confirmed the Pope’s condition was pneumonia and added he also has asthmatic bronchitis, which requires the use of cortisone antibiotic treatment.
“Laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s clinical condition continue to present a complex picture,” the Vatican said.
The Pope was admitted to hospital on Friday with his condition described as “fair”, after a weeklong bout of bronchitis became more serious.
On Monday, those treating him concluded that he was suffering from a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection – a combination of viruses, bacteria and potentially other organisms had come together in his respiratory tract.
“The follow-up chest CT scan which the Holy Father underwent this afternoon… demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia, which required additional drug therapy,” the Vatican said.
The Pope is prone to lung infections after developing pleurisy as an adult and having part of one of his lungs removed when he was 21.
During his 12 years as head of the Roman Catholic church, the Argentine has been hospitalised multiple times including in March 2023 when he was hospitalised for three nights with bronchitis.