Pope skipped audiences because of a fever, Vatican says
- Pope Francis has withdrawn from his Friday audiences due to a fever, according to a Vatican spokesperson.
- The 86-year-old pontiff has had a history of health issues, having spent time in the hospital in April due to a respiratory infection.
- It is unknown whether the Pope will hold private audiences on Saturday, but none of his scheduled events have been canceled. He is expected to preside over a mass on Sunday and receive Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Monday.
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Pope Francis skips meeting because he is running a fever, the Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon. "He wanted to greet all of them and probably at a certain point lost his resistance," Parolin was …
Pope Francis down with fever, skips Friday meetings
Pope Francis on Friday could not attend his Friday meetings as he was down with a fever after a hectic day, a Vatican spokesperson said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, widely considered the Vatican No. 2, told reporters that Francis was tired and linked his fever to the exhaustion he got after greeting everyone on Thursday from his school foundation. “He wanted to greet all of them and probably at a certain point lost his resistance,” Parolin was quo
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