The Holy See Press Office’s Tuesday evening update on the Pope’s health says he has not suffered acute respiratory episodes, and his hemodynamic parameters remain stable. The prognosis remains guarded.

Pope Leo XIV welcomes actors, filmmakers, directors, and scriptwriters for an audience in the Vatican, and challenges them to be “witnesses of hope, beauty and truth” in our world today.

Pope Francis is using high-flow oxygen therapy less frequently. The swelling in his hand, seen in the photo taken and published yesterday, has already improved.