Pope resting after sleeping through night with ventilation mask as he battles pneumonia  

FILE - A man holds rosary beads as he prays for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, Feb. 26, 2025.

Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week observances, after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for double pneumonia.