The pope is feeling better and some
of his upcoming engagements have been confirmed, while others
have been postponed, Vatican Spokesman Matteo Bruni said on
Monday.
Francis's audiences for Saturday were cancelled after the
Vatican said he was showing flu-like symptoms and on Sunday his
Angelus address was given from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta
residence where he lives inside the Vatican instead of from a
window of the Apostolic Palace.
During the Angelus, the Argentine pontiff said he was suffering
from a lung-inflammation problem and had one of his aides,
Monsignor Paolo Braida, read the address for him.
"The pope's condition is good and stable, he has no fever and
his respiratory situation is clearly improving," Bruni said
Monday.
"In order to aid the Pope's recovery, some important engagements
scheduled for the next few days have been postponed so that he
can dedicate the desired time and energy to them.
"Others, which are of an institutional nature or are easier to
support given his current state of health, have been kept".
Bruni said that a CT scan Francis had on Saturday "ruled out
pneumonia, but showed lung inflammation causing some breathing
difficulties".
He said doctors had put a cannula on the pope for "intravenous
antibiotic therapy".
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