Breaking News! His Holiness Pope Francis has failed….. See more TV

 there's a somber mood in the Vatican  this evening as Pope francis's doctors  report that he suffered a prolonged  asmatic respiratory crisis this morning  it required High flows of oxygen Pope  Francis also received blood transfusion  that after tests showed that he was  suffering a low platelet count and  anemia this is the first time that the  Vatican has reported that he is in a  reserved prognosis meaning that it is  touch and go uh and requires closer  observation that's said the pope was  sitting up he was in his armchair uh by  this afternoon uh awake and alert uh but  apparently in more pain than he has been  at the same time the Vatican hierarchy  is trying to Tamp down rumors and  speculation about his health whether he  might resign given his condition the  Vatican Secretary of State spoke to one  of Italy's leading newspapers to say  this kind of speculation is really  inappropriate what is needed are prayers  for Pope francis's recovery and return  to the Vatican  s