Pope Francis no risk of pulmonary complicationsafter undergoing a CT scan this Saturday “mild flu” which he is suffering from and it caused him to cancel his commitments for the day.

“Early at noon, Pope Francis undergoes CT scan (CT) at the Gemelli Isola Hospital in Rome to eliminate the risk of pulmonary complications. The test was negative and Dad returned to Casa Santa Marta“, the Holy See said in a statement.

A few hours earlier, the Vatican announced that the pontiff’s agenda was scheduled for this Saturday. It was canceled because the pontiff has a “mild form of the flu.”

“The audiences of the Holy Father scheduled for this morning are canceled due to a slight flu,” the Holy See said in a brief statement.

Dad planned it for November 25th. meeting with the President of Guinea-BissauOumaro Sissoko is packed and his commitments for the next few days remain on the agenda, including a trip to Dubai on Friday 1 December to attend the COP28 Summit about climate change.

He also plans to attend a meeting of bishops on November 28 Spanish Episcopal Conference in the Dicastery of the Clergy in the Vatican, and the day before, on the 27th, to have an audience with the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña.

On November 6, Francisco himself explained in a tired voice that He was unwell and preferred not to read the speech. that he made preparations when receiving European rabbis, but did not interrupt the agenda.

“Good morning, greetings and greetings to you all. Thank you for this visit, which I like so much, but sometimes I am not entirely healthy, and therefore I prefer not to read the speech, but to pass it on to you, and you to accept it,” the Pope said in a tired and somewhat hoarse voice.

Later that day, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni clarified that the Pope was “A bit cold”but his activities continued regularly.

EFE