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Pope Francis is in a critical condition after suffering a severe respiratory attack that required high-flow oxygen and blood transfusions, the Vatican said on Saturday, as he continues his treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. “At the moment, the prognosis is reserved,” it said, as the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church prepared to spend his ninth night …

Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, said Dr. James Musser, director of the center for infectious diseases at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. He added that, without examining a patient, he could not say anything specific about his condition. In general, pneumonia is an infection …