Vatican Announces Cancellation of Saturday Morning Audiences by Pope Francis Due to Mild Flu

ROME — Pope Francis has canceled his audiences scheduled for Saturday morning as a result of he has a slight fever, the Vatican stated.

“The Holy Father’s audiences scheduled for this morning are canceled resulting from a gentle flu,” it stated in an announcement.

The pope is because of journey on Friday to Dubai for the COP28 convention on local weather change, a worldwide problem that he has deeply cared about throughout his papacy.

Pope Francis will flip 87 subsequent month. When requested about his well being in a latest interview – after setbacks that included stomach surgical procedure only a few months in the past to restore a hernia and take away intestinal scarring – Francis quipped in reply what has turn into his commonplace line – “Nonetheless alive, you understand.”