ROME – On Saturday morning the Vatican announced that Pope Francis, who suffers from various health maladies and had two hospital stays last year, cancelled his scheduled audiences for the day due to a mild flu.
In a Feb. 24 statement, the Vatican said that “due to mild flu-like state, as a preventative measure the pope has cancelled the audiences scheduled for today”.
The only public appointment Pope Francis had Saturday was a meeting with the deacons of the Diocese of Rome, who he was scheduled to meet with at 9.15am local time.
