Pope Francis was unable to read Thursday’s speeches that he was preparing for his various hearings due to a bad cold, but was participating in all activities on the agenda.

“You must read all this, the translation of which is in your hands. But I can’t read because I’m sick: I have a cold that won’t let me speak”said the Pope, this Thursday receiving young priests and monks from the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

The Vatican announced this. due to a “severe cold” The Pope was unable to read his speech and delivered it to the participants.

The same thing happened when receiving a delegation from the society Max Plank.

On Wednesday afternoon, Pope Francis presided over ashes overlay celebration with which Lent begins at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Roman Aventine Hill, although he did not participate in the traditional procession due to mobility problems.

Within this framework, he attacked individualism and “I-worship” and warned that in the Church “appearance does not matter or human judgmentsbut “love and truth.”