Pope Francis has a cold and will not meet with the faithful on the Sunday before Christmas. The Vatican explains that this decision is also related to the functions of the next week.
The Vatican announced on Saturday that because of the cold and the cold in Rome, Pope Francis will not meet the faithful who came to pray the Angelus in St. Peter's Square on Sunday afternoon and will recite it in the chapel of the House of Martha. . He drew attention to the duties of the Pope in the coming days. The traditional Sunday afternoon prayer will be broadcast from the chapel of the Vatican home where Francis, 88, lives.
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A Vatican statement read: “Due to the severe cold and flu symptoms of the last few days, tomorrow – Sunday, December 22 – Pope Francis will lead the Angelus prayer in the chapel of the House of St. Martha. duties for the next week.”
On Friday, in one of the audience, the pope said that he had a “bad cold”. On Saturday morning, he met dignitaries of the Roman Curia in a traditional pre-Christmas audience and spoke during it.
Weekend in the Vatican
The coming days will be particularly intense as, in addition to the usual Christmas celebrations, the Pope will also begin the Holy Year in the Church on Christmas Eve on December 24, followed by Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
On Christmas Day, he delivers the Christmas message and blesses the Urbi et Orbi, meaning the city and the world. On the second day of Christmas, he goes to the Roman prison in Rebibia, where he symbolically opens the holy door, thus expressing his closeness to all the prisoners in the world. Francis will then hold a ceremony in this large prison.
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