Pope Francis is still in critical condition but has not had any “further respiratory crisis,” the Vatican said on Sunday, after the 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church was reported Saturday to be in critical condition, following his week-long hospitalisation for a lung infection.

Pope Francis was found to have pneumonia in both his lungs Tuesday and his condition remains "complex," the Vatican said in a health update on the 88-year-old pontiff who was hospitalized last week. The big picture: The pope was admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli Hospital on Friday with bronchitis symptoms and his treatment was changed after doctors found he had a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract.

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and