Pope Francis had a good night’s rest early Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from pneumonia. He is stable, off mechanical ventilation and shows no sign of new infection.

Doctors Gemelli Hospital, where the 88-year-old Pope has been hospitalised since February 14, spent all of Sunday without using the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that pumps oxygen into his lungs that he had to use following Friday’s coughing episode. Francis did continue to receive high flow supplemental oxygen through a nasal tube.