Pope Francis has dismissed rumours that he has cancer as “court gossip”.
In a wide-ranging interview, the Holy Father denied that cancer was discovered during surgery last July to remove a section of his colon.
The Pope said the operation was “a great success” and that his recent debilitation has arisen solely from problems with his knee.
He told Philip Pullela of Reuters that he “a small fracture” in the knee and that a ligament was inflamed.
“I am well, I am slowly getting better,” Francis said in an interview which will be published in instalments over the next two days.
