Ailing Pope Francis apologises for Vatican absence


FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis looks on during the Jubilee audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has spent the last two nights in hospital, apologised for missing a mass at the Vatican on Sunday, saying that he was still being treated for bronchitis and thanking his doctors for looking after him.

Francis, 88, was admitted to a Rome hospital on Friday with a respiratory tract infection. His doctors have ordered him to rest and he was unable to deliver his regular Sunday prayer to pilgrims in St Peter's Square.

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