After bronchitis, cold weather forces pope to skip outdoor service


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  • Friday, 07 Apr 2023

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis visits Casal del Marmo juvenile prison for foot washing Mass in Rome, Italy April 6, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis presided at one indoor service on Good Friday, but doctors ordered him to skip an outdoor evening "Way of the Cross" procession at Rome's Colosseum after being hospitalised last week for bronchitis.

Francis was following the service from his residence in the Vatican as a precaution after the temperature fell in Italy in recent days and a light snow fell on Rome's outskirts on Thursday.

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