Pope
Francis Hospitalized
Vatican has announced that Pope Francis was taken to
hospital for an examination after holding his weekly general audience at the
Vatican on Wednesday.
The head of the Catholic Church returned to the Vatican
shortly afterwards.
According to the Vatican, the pope has been suffering
from a “mild flu” for a few days, which led to the cancellation of several
public appearances.
The pontiff plans to meet Germany’s Chancellor, Olaf
Scholz in a private audience for the first time on Saturday.
The pope’s health condition has been the subject of
concern for some time now.
Recently the pope also had issues with inflammation of
the respiratory tract.
Last year, he was hospitalized twice.
He is often in a wheelchair during public appearances due
to a knee condition.
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