The Vatican reports that Pope Francis has suspended Monday’s scheduled audience “as a precautionary measure” due to a “mild flu.”
“Audiences canceled as Pope’s mild flu lingers. The Holy See Press Office reported today that precautions had been taken today to cancel the commitments on Pope Francis’ agenda, just like last Saturday. He added that the pope “does not have a fever”.
Vatican sources later added that as part of the precautionary measures, the public audience the pope will host on Wednesday will be held in the Paul VI Hall, a covered space within the Vatican, rather than in the open air in St. Peter’s Square. held. mechanism. teram.
The discomfort suffered by the Pope (87 years old) did not prevent him from looking out the window of his study overlooking St. Peter’s Square last Saturday and leading Sunday’s Angelus prayers. There, he renewed his call for peace in Ukraine two years after the outbreak of war in eastern Europe and for the resumption of dialogue in places where kidnapping and violence have occurred, including Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A few weeks ago, Francisco Received in Vatican President Javier Milley. During the canonization of Mama Antura, the pope, seated in a wheelchair, greeted the president cordially and then received him for an hour.