2023-11-25 18:52:47
Pope Francis underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan this Saturday, which gave negative results regarding any possibility of a pulmonary complication, according to the Holy See in a statement.
After canceling his schedule for this Saturday due to a “slight flu condition,” the pontiff went “early in the afternoon” to the Gemelli Isola hospital in Rome to undergo a CT scan and “rule out the risk of pulmonary complications.”
“The test gave a negative result,” was concluded in the statement issued by the Holy See, after 2:30 p.m. this Saturday, a message in which it was also reported that Francis returned to the Santa Marta Residence in the Vatican.
On November 6, the Pope stated in a meeting with European rabbis that he was not in good health, which is why he did not read the speech he had planned for the aforementioned event, although he maintained the events planned on his agenda for that event. working day.
“I greet you all and welcome you. Thank you for this visit that I like so much. But it happens that I am not in good health and that is why I prefer not to read the speech, but rather to hand it to them and have them take it away,” Francisco said. The director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said then that the pontiff had “a bit of a cold.”
The announcement came a week after his trip to Dubai, where the 86-year-old Argentine pontiff plans to participate in the great annual climate conference organized by the UN, COP28.
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The Supreme Pontiff has made the defense of the environment one of the causes of his papacy and has scheduled a long-awaited speech at COP28 in Dubai. on December 2.
Francis’s health has deteriorated in recent months, forcing him to travel in a wheelchair, while speculation continues about him resigning from office, as his predecessor Benedict XVI did.
The head of the Catholic Church underwent colon surgery in 2021 and was hospitalized twice this year, once for an operation on his abdomen.
With information from AFP
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