Pope Francis Was taken to the hospital on Friday Bronchitis Vatican said, and in the next three days, he will leave several planned public programs, when 88 -year -old Pontuff was seen struggling to speak during a morning meeting.
“Pope Francis was enrolled in polycolinico agosteino Jameli to continue his treatment with some essential diagnostic tests and bronchitis, which is still going on in a hospital environment,” Vatican said in a statement.
Pope has been suffering from bronchitis for more than a week.
Vatican later said that Francis would not participate in the Mass in St. Peters Baselica on Sunday, adding that he canceled a tour of the famous Saniteta movie studios in Rome on Monday and Monday. Gone.
Francis, which is Pontuff since 2013, has faced influenza and other health problems in the past two years. As a young adult, he developed the case of Plawarcy and one of his lungs was removed, and in recent days he has been suffering from a lung infection.
Earlier this month, Francis told pilgrims in weekly audience that he was suffering from a “strong cold”, which Vatican later described as bronchitis.
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The Pope held several meetings on Friday before going to the hospital. A CNN news channel was with Mark Thomson, CEO.
CNN later reported that the Pope was “mentally vigilant but was struggling to speak for extended periods due to difficulty breathing.
The Pope also met with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, Senior Vatican Official Cardinal Louis Tagle and a Catholic Poetry Group based in Puerto Rico.
In a video of the Pope's meeting with the FICO, Francis was shown sitting at a desk at his Vatican residence, smiling, and talking in a soft tone.
Francis has been suffering from respiratory problems since mid -December. He requested reading statements in several of his public programs in January and February, attended the opportunities, but asked the assistants to read the remarks made by him.
The Pope recently had two followers at the Vatican residence, he snatched his chin in December and injured his arm in January.
Despite his period of time, he has maintained a busy schedule, including foreign travel, despite reducing health problems and movement. In September, he completed a 12 -day tour in Southeast Asia and Oceania, which has long been his Papisi.
Rome's Gameli Hospital, the city's largest, is a special suit for pop treatment. Francis spent nine days in June 2023, when he had surgery to repair the stomach hernia.