Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, remains in “critical” condition and developed an “asthmatic respiratory crisis” earlier on Saturday, the Vatican said in a statement.

The Vatican on Saturday said that Pope Francis’s condition continues to be “critical” after suffering a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis.” The pontiff is “more unwell than yesterday” and had received blood transfusions,

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.