Pope Francis cancels appointments this Friday due to fever

O pope francis canceled this Friday’s appointments, the 26th, because of a fever, informed the advisory of the Vatican. “Due to a feverish state, the pope had no audience this morning,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, without elaborating. Pope Francis’ agenda was not sent to the media this morning and it was only later revealed that it had been suspended. On Thursday afternoon, the 25th, the pope attended a Scholas Foundation event alongside Latin American mayors and other personalities and appeared to be in good condition. This is the second time in two months that the head of the Catholic Church has had to cancel appointments because of health problems. At the end of March he was admitted to a hospital in Rome due to a condition of “acute pneumonia”, as he himself reported during the return flight from his trip to Hungary. “What I had was that I felt bad after the audience, I didn’t want to eat and I went to sleep, but I didn’t lose consciousness, I just had a high fever,” explained the pope when asked about the reasons for his three days in hospital. “But the body has been reacting well to the treatment,” Francis added to journalists on the plane. This was the second time Francis was interned in Rome. The first took place on July 4, 2021, when he underwent colon surgery and was hospitalized for ten days. Since then, the pope has also suffered from a problem with his right knee that forces him to walk with a cane or in a wheelchair and has assured on several occasions that he does not want to undergo surgery. The 86-year-old pontiff’s health has long been a cause for concern. He even went so far as to declare that he would resign from office if he felt that he could not fulfill his obligations. Francis has a signed resignation letter.

*With information from international agencies