Pope Francis, hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, suffered two acute respiratory failures, requiring intervention, the Vatican says.

The Vatican on Friday said Pope Francis is showing improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but will not lead an annual Church service next week to open the Christian season of Lent. The 88-year-old catholic pontiff has now spent two weeks in Rome’s Gemelli hospital,

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation