Pope Francis Unable To Complete Speech, Says "Have A Touch Of Bronchitis"
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The 87-year-old suffered from an acute lung infection in November which caused him to cancel a planned trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai and have aides read his speeches for a couple of weeks.
Pope Francis was unable to complete a speech on Friday, complaining of "a touch of bronchitis" during an address to a group of French religious communications experts at the Vatican.
The 87-year-old suffered from an acute lung infection in November which caused him to cancel a planned trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai and have aides read his speeches for a couple of weeks.
Francis was meeting participants of the symposium "Universite des Communicants en Eglise" organised by the French Bishops' Conference when he had to interrupt his welcome message.
