Pope Francis diagnosed with double pneumonia

Doctors took an additional chest X-ray that showed both of the pontiff’s lungs were infected, according to a Tuesday afternoon update from the Holy See. The new diagnosis will require more pharmacological treatment, but the Pope remained in good spirits, the update added.

The 88-year-old pontiff entered a hospital in Rome on Friday while suffering from a polymicrobial infection in his respiratory tract, according to the Holy See Press Office. The Vatican on Monday said he would require longer hospitalization but that he was in good spirits and that his condition was stable. The church did not detail his course of treatment. Francis has had other bouts with respiratory illness in recent years. And as a young man in 1957, doctors removed part of his lung due to an infection.

The Vatican's first Tuesday update on Pope Francis said the pontiff would not preside over the Mass of the Jubilee of Deacons this weekend as he continues to recover. The mass is part of the Roman Catholic Church’s events for its Holy Year, held once every 25 years. Church officials on Monday also said Francis would not hold any other general audiences later in the week.