Fears for Francis

Vatican: Pope suffers another “breathing crisis”

Candles burn for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.(Bild: APA/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pope Francis suffered a new breathing crisis on Friday afternoon.

"In the early afternoon of today, after the Holy Father had spent the morning alternating between physiotherapy breathing exercises and prayer in the chapel, an isolated crisis with bronchospasm occurred," the statement from the Vatican press office reads verbatim. During this crisis, there was "an episode of vomiting with inhalation and a sudden worsening of the respiratory picture.