Pope Francis suspended Dubai, COP28, by order of the doctors lung inflammation Vatican.
“Although the general clinical picture of the Holy Father in relation to his flu condition and the inflammation of the respiratory tract got betterthe doctors asked the Pope to will not make the trip scheduled for the next few days to Dubai, on the occasion of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” the papal spokesperson reported this Tuesday Matteo Bruni.
“Francisco accepted with great regret the doctors’ request and that is why the trip is cancelled,” Bruni added.
The Pope’s health affected the Vatican’s agenda this weekend
The Pope, 86, had to suspend part of his agenda over the weekend due to a lung inflammation for which he received antibiotics via intravenouswhich even prevented him recite the traditional Sunday Angelus from the Apostolic Palace.
Francisco had planned to go to Dubai this Friday for a 38-hour visit during which he was going to participate in the COP28 climate summit and was going to keep close to 30 bilateral meetings with leaders from around the world and representatives of civil society.
In any case, Bruni specified that “continues the will of the Pope and of the Holy See of To be part of the ongoing discussions and in the coming days the ways in which this can be implemented will be defined as soon as possible.
In any case, Francisco will maintain the General Audience scheduled for this Wednesday, although it will be done indoors in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican and not in the St. Peter’s Square.
Last year the pontiff had to postpone a trip planned for July to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan for medical reasons, on a pilgrimage that he finally made in February of this year.
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