Pope Francis has canceled a hearing on the morning of Saturday, November 25, after contracting a mild flu, according to a Vatican statement. The 86-year-old pope meets regularly with Vatican officials every Saturday and holds private audiences.
This is the second time this month that Pope Francis has bid farewell or canceled an event due to his absence. On November 6, he interrupted the reading of a speech he had prepared for a meeting with European rabbis because he was not feeling well. Later, official sources from Santa Sé confirmed that it was constipation.
“Bom dia. Hello to all of you and thank you very much for this visit, which makes me very happy. But it happens that I don’t feel very well, therefore, I don’t want to read or speak, but I give you uma cópia”, said the Pope, Breathing was noticeably difficult.
In March this year, my father was hospitalized for five days due to a respiratory infection. Four months later, just weeks before traveling to Portugal for World Youth Day, he underwent surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital due to the risk of intestinal obstruction. He underwent an “abdominal wall prosthetic laparotomy and plastic surgery” due to “recurrent, painful and worsening” intestinal obstruction.