Pope Francis says he has bronchitis and asks again to read his speech

He Pope Francis He stated this Saturday that he has “bronchitis” and preferred that a collaborator read his speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the judicial year of the Court of Justice of the State of Vatican CITYafter spending several days with the flu and going to the hospital for tests.

“I prepared a speech, but as you can see, I can’t read it because of the bronchitis. I asked (monsignor Filippo) Ciampanelli to read”said the pope, with an affected voice and despite this, he maintained his agenda for today, with several hearings in addition to the judicial inauguration.

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Francisco, still tired from the flu he has been suffering from for days, said a few words of greeting, but then allowed the prepared speech to be read to the monsignor. Ciampanelli.

Also this Friday it was this collaborator who read the speeches, although he kept all the planned events.

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolinconfirmed this Thursday that the Pope “he is fine” and the tests he did at the hospital Gemelli from the Tiber Islandin the center of Pomegranatethey were “routine” after spending several days with the flu.

“The Holy Father is fine, I saw him last night, he made a routine visit and he told me that he has no problem and that he has also recovered from the flu”he assured parole in statements to TV2000.

Last Monday, the Vatican reported that they persisted “mild flu-like symptoms, although without fever”but, as a precaution, the scheduled hearings were suspended.

Last Sunday, the pontiff celebrated the traditional Sunday prayer of the Angelus, leaning out of the window of the pontifical palace and reading in a loud voice in front of the thousands of faithful gathered in Praça de Saint Peter of the Vatican.

At the end of November, the Pope suffered from bronchitis, which is why he had to cancel some of the events and celebrate the angelus in private and also be replaced by a collaborator to read their speeches.

To allow his recovery, the Argentine pontiff canceled his planned trip in early December to Dubai participate in the Climate Summit.

But he later recovered completely and on December 8th he went to Plaza de España for the traditional tribute to the Virgin of the Immaculate.

Source: Elcomercio

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