Pope Francis decided this Wednesday not to read the catechism prepared for a general audience, and his collaborator did it instead, because, as he stated: “I still can’t” due to breathing problems he had been having for three weeks.

“Now today’s catechesis is always about vices and virtues. I asked Monsignor to read this because I still can’tor,” said the Pope, who drove around St. Peter’s Square in the “Popemobile” to greet the faithful before the audience began.

Three weeks ago, Pope Francis fell ill with the flu, and since then, although he continues to follow his schedule, many times I couldn’t read since he gets tired when reading long speeches.

In catechesis. Reflecting on the virtue of prudence, which helps a person choose “which path to take,” and “it is not that he cannot make mistakes, he’s still human after all; but this will avoid big shocks.”

“Reasonableness is the quality of those who are called to govern: they know that governing is difficult, that there are many points of view and that it is necessary to try to harmonize them, that good should not be done for some, but for the benefit of others, of all,” he added .

At the same time, Pope Francis did this Wednesday a new call for peace through negotiations, regretting the bloody conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza Stripand once again limited his public appearances at weekly hearings.

“We must never forget that war is always a defeat, we cannot continue the war, we must make every effort to mediate, negotiate an end to the war, let us pray for this,” the Supreme Pontiff said in a few short words at the end of the hearing , on which he referred to the “martyred” Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Francisco, 87 years old, has mobility problems and has been suffering from r.colds and bronchitis, He once again avoided reading most of the texts prepared for the audience.

He entrusted the task to an assistant and told the faithful that he was still forced to limit his public involvement.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters)