Pope Francis had a short visit to the
Gemelli hospital on Rome's Tiber Island on Wednesday after this
weekly general audience for some "diagnostic tests", the Vatican
press office said
The press office confirmed that pope returned to the Vatican
after the flying hospital visit.
During the audience, the pontiff said he had not totally
recovered after scaling down his schedule over the last few days
due to flu-like symptoms.
"I still have a bit of a cold," Francis said during the audience
in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
The pontiff had one of his aides, Msgr. Filippo Ciampanelli,
read out his catechesis during the audience, as he has done on
other occasions when he has been under the weather.
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