Pope Francis experienced another setback today with “two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency” caused by “a significant accumulation of mucus in the lungs.”

“Endorsing utilitarian deregulation and global neoliberalism means imposing the law of the strongest as the only rule; and it is a law that dehumanizes,” the pope wrote in a letter to members of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Today’s update from the pope’s doctors dispels the widespread alarm by Friday’s bronchial spasm. An informed Vatican source confirmed that “there have been no negative consequences from that crisis.”

Pope Francis’ clinical condition “remains stable” and is better than yesterday, according to the latest medical report from his doctors in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, which the Vatican released just before 7 p.m. on the evening of March 1.

Pope Francis had a setback after suffering an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

In an exclusive interview, Archbishop Gallagher says that if he met Donald Trump, he’d ask the president to “see behind the numbers to see the human stories that are represented by these illegal migrants in the United States today.”