ROME – Pope Francis, despite suffering from a flu and lung inflammation, kept major appointments on Wednesday but refrained from reading prepared speeches.
The pontiff cancelled a trip to Dubai this week for a high-profile United Nations climate summit due to ill health.
Entering the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall for his Nov. 29 weekly general audience to a loud round of applause, a breathless and raspy Pope Francis opened the gathering but announced that “we’ll continue with the catechesis, but I’m still not well with this cold and my voice is not good”.
