The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered ending his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, after the 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized with a drawn-out respiratory illness. Professor Sergio Alfieri told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera the most critical moment came on February 28 when the pope had a breathing crisis and inhaled his own vomit. “We had to choose whether to stop and let him go or force it and try with all the drugs and therapies possible,