Waiting for the Pope's CT scan data. 'He is in the chair and continuing his therapies'

It is "probable" that the data from the CT scan that Pope Francis underwent yesterday will be made public today, presumably with the evening medical bulletin. This is what Vatican sources report, specifying that "the Pope has woken up, is in an armchair, and is continuing his therapies", including "oxygen" as in the past few days.

According to the Vatican press office, the Pope spent a peaceful night.

"A press conference with doctors to be updated on the general situation is not excluded before the end of the week," Vatican sources reported, speaking of Pope Francis' health. It was also reiterated today that "the Pope can eat normally."

At the moment there is no news of other visits received, apart from those of the close collaborators who have been assisting him since the beginning of his hospital stay. As for the use, in the latest medical bulletins, of the adjective "critical" to speak of the Pope's health conditions, the same sources explain that "the first time this term was used was when the doctors said that the Pope is not out of danger and that therefore the prognosis is reserved". We will therefore have to wait until this evening to verify the results of the CT scan and the Pope's general state of health.

Pope in audience text written before, 'death is not the end'

"Now you can let your servant go in peace, O Lord, according to your word." This text from the Gospel of Luke, spoken by Simeon, is the theme of the catechesis of the general audience that the Pope was supposed to deliver today. "The old Simeon sees death not as the end, but as fulfillment, as fullness, he awaits it as a 'sister' who does not annihilate but introduces into the true life that he has already tasted and in which he believes," writes the Pope. The director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni, specifies: "It is a text that had been prepared previously and the reference to the Gospel was maintained." The series of catecheses is dedicated to childhood and the text prepared for today concerns the Gospel episode of the presentation of Jesus in the temple.