The laboratory examinations, thoracic x-ray and clinical conditions of the Holy Father continue to present a complex picture.

The polymicrobial infection, which arose on a background of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and which required the use of cortisone antibiotic therapy, makes therapeutic treatment more complex.

The control chest CT scan that the Holy Father underwent this afternoon, prescribed by the Vatican health team and the medical team of the “A. Gemelli” Hospital Foundation, showed the onset of bilateral pneumonia that required further drug therapy.

Nevertheless, Pope Francis is in good spirits.

This morning he received the Eucharist and, during the day, he alternated rest with prayer and reading texts. He gives thanks for the closeness he feels at this time and asks, with a grateful heart, that we continue to pray for him.