Cardinal Timothy Dolan commented on the health of Pope Francis during a Saturday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” saying, “It’s not looking good.”

“Look, we gotta be kind of realistic,” Cardinal Dolan said. “When you get double pneumonia in anybody, you’re worried. I mean, if a child gets double pneumonia — When you got double pneumonia in an 88-year-old man, who has only got 75 percent of his lung capacity and is struggling with arthritis and a bunch of stuff, it’s not looking good.”

He held out hope that the Pope would pull through. “I admire his grit. I admire his resilience. I’m praying with him. But I’m praying for him. But I think we have to be realistic as he certainly is.”

New York Governor Kathy Hochul also expressed her concern for the Pope’s health Saturday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), she shared, “New York joins millions around the world in praying for @Pontifex,” pointing to the pope’s official X account.

Vatican News reported that Pope Francis experienced a “respiratory crisis on Saturday morning.” “The condition of the Holy Father continues to be critical. Therefore, as explained yesterday, the Pope is not out of danger. This morning, Pope Francis experienced an asthma-like respiratory crisis of prolonged intensity, which required the administration of high-flow oxygen,” the report from the Holy See Press Office said.

Pope Francis has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since February 14 and has been diagnosed with double pneumonia.