Pope eating, reading but weekend events cancelled: Vatican
AFP | Vatican City
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Pope Francis breakfasted and read the papers as usual on Tuesday on his fifth day in hospital but appears no closer to being discharged, with the Vatican cancelling his weekend events.
The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Friday for bronchitis, but the Holy See said Monday it was changing his treatment to deal with a “complex” clinical picture.
After initially clearing his diary up until Wednesday, the Vatican said that an audience on Saturday would be cancelled, and the pope delegated a planned mass on Sunday morning to another cleric.
The Vatican did not however mention the Angelus prayer, which the pope normally delivers at noon (1100 GMT) on Sunday, but which he missed last weekend.
Briefing reporters at Tuesday lunchtime, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Argentine pontiff ’s situation was similar to that of recent days.
Francis “woke up and had breakfast and dedicated himself to reading some newspapers as he regularly does”, he said.
He that there would be a medical update in the early evening.
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