The Pope announced his pain during a casual meeting in the Vatican “a little bronchitis“This prevented him from finishing reading the speech he had prepared for the occasion.
“I’d like to read the whole speech, but I have a problem: I have some bronchitis and I can not speak well“, Francis said in his speech to participants of the ‘Université des Communicants en Église’ Symposium sponsored by the Episcopal Conference of France.
“If you don’t mind, I will give you a copy of the speech. Excuse me. “I will give it to all of you, but I find it very difficult to speak,” the Pope added.
This was the third appointment of the day. In the previous two, the Pope read the texts he had prepared with some difficulty. Now, Vatican Press Office He did not provide further information about the Pope’s health condition.
The Pope was admitted to the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome twice last year. due to a complication in March. respiratory tract infection; In June, he underwent surgery for an abdominal hernia that threatened to block his intestine.