Pope Francis spent a peaceful night in hospital and ate breakfast on Thursday, the Vatican said in its latest update on the pontiff's health.

Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, had a "restful night" and got out of bed to eat breakfast in the morning, the Vatican has said. He was hospitalized on Friday, and on Monday, doctors identified a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection that then developed into pneumonia.

The pope is susceptible to lung infections after he developed pleurisy as an adult and had part of a lung removed at age 21. In addition, Francis has been hospitalized for bronchitis multiple times, and in 2023 underwent abdominal surgery and received treatment for pneumonia earlier that year.