There is concern for the Pope: the Pontiff has a fever and this morning he gave up holding the private audiences scheduled for today.
"Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning," said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State and the Pope's closest collaborator, subsequently reassured: «The Pope was tired, yesterday he had a very busy day, he saw many people, there was the meeting of Scholas Occurrentes, wanted to greet them all».
In fact, yesterday was full of appointments and, in one of these, the interview with Telemundo, Pope Francis had also confided that he had pain when walking : «The knee was adjusting itself but there are more painful days, like today ».
Francesco, last March, had been hospitalized for a few days at the Gemelli Polyclinic for acute pneumonia. Yesterday he cut back on the audience and left the Paul VI Hall in the wheelchair which he had recently set aside to move around with a cane.
According to Vatican sources, Pope Francis could be "operational" again tomorrow. On Sunday, in addition to the usual Regina Caeli appointment, he is expected at 10 in the Vatican basilica for the Pentecost Mass. While the meeting with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella will be held on Monday 29 May. Pope Francis will award the Paul VI Prize to the Head of State. An appointment that will be held at 11.30 in the Sala Clementina and which has been confirmed today.
(Unioneonline/D)