When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. Now, after spending two weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, the speculation in the Vatican is whether his successor Pope Francis might do the same.

Pope Francis’s health worsened significantly Friday afternoon as his respiratory condition was irritated and necessitated the return of mechanical ventilation. Earlier in the day, the pontiff “experienced an isolated episode of bronchospasm,

After two weeks in the hospital, the Supreme Pontiff was put on a ventilator following suffering a sudden respiratory episode