A Vatican statement said: “Due to the severe cold and cold symptoms of the past few days, tomorrow, Sunday, December 22nd, Pope Francis will pray the Angelus in the chapel of St. Martha's House. I'll be leading the charge next week.”
Nevertheless, those gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday will have the opportunity to indirectly see the Pope in person. The traditional Sunday noon prayer will be broadcast from the chapel of the 88-year-old Francis' Vatican home.
“I have a very bad cold,” the pope said during an audience on Friday. On Saturday morning, he met and spoke to dignitaries of the Holy See in a traditional pre-Christmas audience.
Pope Francis has a cold. The beginning of the Jubilee year in the background
On the evening of Christmas Eve, the Pope will solemnly open the Jubilee in a church, followed by a midnight mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
On Christmas Day, Francisco delivers the Christmas message and bestows the Urbi e Orbi blessing on the city and the world. On the second day of Christmas, he goes to the Rebibia prison in Rome, where he makes the symbolic gesture of opening the holy door, expressing his closeness to all prisoners around the world.
Francis will then celebrate Mass at the prison.
The Pope has health problems. In the background was surgery when I was young.
In recent years, Francis had been in poor health. He has been suffering from influenza and related illnesses on a number of occasions since early 2023, and last year canceled a planned trip to the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai due to the flu and pneumonia.
At the age of 21, Jorge Bergoglio suffered from pleurisy and had part of his lung removed.
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