Although last Sunday he performed the traditional Angelus prayer from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, on Monday the Pope again canceled planned events on his schedule due to “Mild flu symptoms“, which has continued since last week, according to official Vatican sources.
“As a precaution, the hearings have been suspended this morning,” the Holy See said in a statement. In addition, to avoid greater evils and As part of the precautionary measures takenNext Wednesday's hearing, scheduled to be held in Plaça de Sant Pere, will finally move to the Pau VI Hall, where the Pope has appeared on repeated occasions when his health did not allow him to go out to the balcony of Sant Pere Square.
Francis made this decision after the spiritual exercises of fasting that he performed during the past week, which the Pope has performed alone since 2020. He did not perform the spiritual retreat on that occasion except in the Vatican due to the cold. In 2021, the pandemic imposed certain restrictions and the Pope stopped holding this spiritual retreat alongside the Roman Curia. Whether in 2022 or 2023 Francis preferred to retire only for Lentas happened this year.
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