2023-11-29 14:10:25
Pope Francis presided over his weekly public audience at the Vatican on Wednesday but He said he still feels bad and He asked an aide to read his comments a day after canceling a trip abroad.
Although he is better from an “inflammation in the lungs” that has afflicted him since Saturday, Pope Francis had to cancel his planned trip to Dubai to speak before the United Nations world meeting on the global climate emergency, the Vatican announced.
The director of the Press Room of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, said that although the general clinical picture of the Holy Father in relation to the flu and inflammation of the respiratory tract has improved, The doctors have asked Francisco “not to make the trip” to Dubaiin the United Arab Emirates, which It will force him to great efforts.
Francis during the Wednesday audience at the Vatican. Photo: Reuters
The 28th will take place there. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A three day trip
The Argentine pontiff had planned a three-day trip to Dubai starting this weekend, where he would give a speech and meet with personalities present at the so-called COP 28. In total, about 30 meetingswhich would require great physical effort.
The one from Dubai It should have been the 45th. Pope’s apostolic trip abroad. The decision to give up the tour on an issue such as the degradation of the Earth, which greatly worries the Argentine pontiff, occurred when there are only three weeks left before Francisco turns 87 years old.
“I’m not well”
The Vatican reported Tuesday that The Pope “no longer has a fever” and that his state of health has improved. Bergoglio confirmed all his scheduled meetings, first of all the general audience on Wednesdays in the Paul Paul VI Hall. However, he admitted that he was not well, and had to be assisted during the event.
The Argentine pontiff, who has been missing part of a lung since he was young, He coughed near the end of the Wednesday general audience hour-long, while making some final comments. She then got up from her chair on the stage and He blessed those present.
The Pope rose from his chair on stage and blessed those present. Photo: EFE
With a weak voice, little more than a whisperFrancis told attendees that “since I am not well,” the reading of his speech would not sound “pretty.” He then handed the printed speech to an aide.
But he did speak at the end of the hearing to show his satisfaction for the temporary ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, and said he hopes it continues “so that all the hostages are released and access to necessary humanitarian aid is continued.”
“There is no water, there is no bread. “People suffer,” he said.
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