Pope Francis cancels his trip to COP28 in Dubai due to recent respiratory problems

He Pope Francis canceled “with great regret” his trip next Friday to the climate conference COP28 in Dubai on the recommendation of doctors after his recent respiratory illness, confirmed this Tuesday the Vatican.

The spokesperson for Holy See, Matteo Bruniexplained in a statement that although the pontiff’s general clinical condition “improvement”, doctors recommended that he not take the planned trip from December 1st to 3rd to Dubai.

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“He Pope Francis He accepted this doctor’s request with great regret and the trip was cancelled.,” he noted in the note.

Although Bruni explained that the Argentine pontiff and the Santa Claus Campus still wish to participate in the debates in the coming days in Dubai whereby “The modality will be defined as soon as possible.” in which a possible intervention.

Francisco, 86 years old, underwent a procedure last Saturday. TC in a hospital in the center of Pomegranate for a “lung inflammation” due to a “mild flu” which in recent days forced him to suspend some events from his agenda.

The medical examination ruled out the risk of possible pulmonary complications and yesterday the Vatican confirmed that your health status is good, without fever and that your general situation is improving. In fact, today he received the Spanish bishops for more than two hours.

Canceling your trip is a last minute decision, as this morning the Vatican offered a press conference to illustrate the details of the pope’s participation in the COP28.

Bruni explained in his appearance that Francisco He would hold around thirty meetings with heads of state, religious leaders and associations during his stay in United Arab Emiratesbeing received by the secretary general of United Nations, António Guterres.

It is the first time that a Pope will actively participate in a summit of this type and also the first time that a delegation from the Holy See will actively participate in the negotiations and not just as “observer“, as happens at the summits of United Nations.

Francis has always expressed his concern about the climate crisis and in fact published two texts on this subject, the encyclical “Laudato yes”(2015) and its second part in the form of an apostolic exhortation“Laudate Deum”(2023).

Source: Elcomercio

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