Pope Francis spent a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican Press Office said on Friday morning.
On Thursday night, the press office said the Pontiff remained stable in a complex clinical picture as he battles double pneumonia at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
The clinical situation of the Pope, who has been in hospital since February 14, "remains stationary in a complex picture", it said.
The Pontiff on Thursday "resumed respiratory therapy".
and alternated between "non-invasive mechanical ventilation at night" and "high-flow oxygenation with nasal cannulas" during the day, the Holy See Press Office explained.
On Thursday, health staff at the Gemelli Hospital celebrated Pope Francis with a cake and candles on the 28th day of his treatment and the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy.
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