Pope Francis has stabilized enough after two respiratory crises to be taken off noninvasive mechanical ventilation and resume receiving just high flows of supplemental oxygen via a nasal tube to help him breathe,

Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no longer needs to use mechanical ventilation for help breathing, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

The pope may have turned a corner as the Vatican said he had no new respiratory crisis on Tuesday and that he remains stable. The Associated Press reported that Pope Francis will sleep with a ventilation mask. He is breathing with the help of high-flow supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula after two respiratory crises on Monday.