The Pope's state of health has remained "stable today," according to the latest medical report released this afternoon by the Vatican Press Office. He has had "no episodes of respiratory failure or bronchospasm" and has remained afebrile, "always alert, cooperative with therapy and conscious".
In the morning, the Pontiff received high-flow oxygen therapy and continued with respiratory physiotherapy, as part of the treatment he has been undergoing in recent days.
Mechanical ventilation at night and guarded prognosis.
As planned, "this evening, non-invasive mechanical ventilation will be resumed until tomorrow morning". Although his evolution is stable, doctors remain cautious and the prognosis "remains guarded".
As usual in these weeks, the Pope spent a good night and, throughout the day, alternated rest with moments of prayer and the reception of the Eucharist.
Pope publishes book
The Pope's news surprise of the day was announced mid-afternoon by the Vatican, when it announced that the Pope was publishing a new book today, this time on poetry, entitled "Viva la poesía" (Long Live Poetry). The work compiles a series of texts by Pope Francis on the value of poetry and literature in formation, education and its role in the dialogue between the Church and contemporary culture.
In a handwritten note addressed to the editor, Father Antonio Spadaro, the Pontiff expresses his desire that poetry have a prominent place in the Pontifical Universities, proposing that it have its own chair.
