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Pope attends nine appointments in one day despite ill health

November 30, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis kept a busy schedule Thursday, with nine separate appointments, despite receiving ongoing antibiotic treatment for a flu causing lung inflammation. In a statement Wednesday night, the Vatican said that the pope’s condition is “stable” and that “he does not have a fever, but the pulmonary inflammation associated with difficulty breathing persists.

BREAKING: Pope cancels Dubai trip over health concerns

November 28, 2023

ROME – Just hours after a Vatican news conference confirming Pope Francis’s trip to Dubai this weekend for a United Nations climate summit, the Vatican announced Tuesday that it has been cancelled upon medical advice due to an ongoing infection causing lung inflammation. A Vatican spokesman announced, however, that Pope Francis will lead his Wednesday

Pope Francis postpones commitments ahead of Dubai trip due to lung inflammation

November 27, 2023

ROME – As a result of what the Vatican described on Monday as an inflammation of his lungs, for which he’s receiving antibiotic treatments, Pope Francis has postponed several commitments in coming days in order to preserve his strength for a planned Dec. 1-3 trip to Dubai for the COP-28 climate change summit. Concern over

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