Pope Francis has pneumonia

He Pope Francis (86) said that due to a “pneumonia problem” he could not look at the Square of St. to pray the Sunday Angelus with the faithful and instead had to stay in his residence at Casa Santa Marta.

“I can’t look out the window today because I have a problem with pneumonia, and Monsignor Paolo Braida, who knows them well because he makes them and always does them so well, will read the thoughts. Thank you very much for your presence,” said Francisco ua live broadcast.

In some of the transmission frames, it could be seen that Francisco was in his right hand He had a patch and two accesses for intravenous linesthough he prayed the Angelus, with difficulty and visibly tired, sitting at the altar of the chapel.

He subsequently gave the floor to Braida, who read the reflections accompanying the Sunday prayer, in which It was celebrated that “the final truce between Israel and Palestine and some hostages were released”.

“Let’s pray that they all become that as soon as possible: we think of their families. As much humanitarian aid as possible in Gaza, i Let us insist on dialogue: it is the only way, the only path to peace. “Whoever doesn’t want dialogue, doesn’t want peace,” said the priest.

This was announced by the Vatican the agenda scheduled for Saturday for the pope was canceled because he is in a “mild state of flu”.

“The audiences of the Holy Father scheduled for this morning are canceled due to a mild flu,” he said a short statement from the Holy See.

After, Francisco underwent a CT scan to rule out the risk of pulmonary complications at the Gemelli Isola hospital in Rome: “The test was negative and the Pope returned to Casa Santa Marta,” the Vatican reported.

On Saturday, the Pope scheduled a meeting with the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umar Sissoko Embaló, while Your commitments for the next few days remain on the agendaincluding a trip to Dubai on Friday 1 December for the COP 28 climate change summit.

Likewise, on November 28, he plans to participate in the meeting of the bishops of the Spanish Episcopal Conference at the Dicastery for Clergy in the Vatican, and the day before On the 27th, receive an audience with the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña.