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The Vatican shared written copies of Pope Francis’ messages on AI and Christmas, as meetings with the 87-year-old pope were canceled Monday for a mild flu.
On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and laypeople solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter’s Square to begin the first liturgy of Holy Week.
The pope did not walk to his chair in the Paul VI Audience Hall on Wednesday as he normally does.
“Dear brothers and sisters, I still have a bit of a cold,” Pope Francis said in a soft-spoken voice on Feb. 28.
Pope Francis appeared in good form during his Angelus address, marking the the Ukraine war’s second anniversary and reflecting on the Transfiguration.
The cancellation comes after Pope Francis concluded a five-day Lenten retreat at his Vatican residence.
The pope was advised by his doctors earlier this week not to travel to Dubai due to a bronchial infection.
“As you can see, I am alive,” Pope Francis quipped as he met participants in a health care ethics seminar on Thursday morning.
The desire for efficiency “absorbs the uniqueness of each into a bubble of uniformity,” Pope Francis warned.
The Vatican on Wednesday said Pope Francis’ health was stable as the Holy Father continues to receive treatment for ongoing lung inflammation stemming from a flu infection.
One day after canceling his trip to Dubai at the request of his doctors, Pope Francis appeared at his public Wednesday audience and shared with a raspy voice that he was still not feeling well as he recovers from the flu.
The 86-year-old pope is being treated with antibiotics intravenously and is in “good and stable” condition without a fever, a Vatican spokesman said.
The pope, who will turn 87 next month, has faced several painful medical conditions over the last few years.
The pope, who turns 87 next month, has experienced a number of medical setbacks in recent years.
Just 40 days before World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis said he is ready to go and poor health will not keep him away.
Pope Francis appeared in the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday to make his first public speech since his release from the hospital on Friday.
The story of a Peruvian immigrant family in Italy has come to light during the convalescence of Pope Francis at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he recovered after abdominal surgery on June 7. The pope was released from the hospital on June 16.
Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to a round of applause on Friday, after an eight-day stay following abdominal surgery.
Pope Francis’ doctors expect the pope to be discharged from the hospital “in the next few days,” according to the Vatican.
The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis is working from the hospital as he recovers from hernia surgery.