Pope cancels appointments due to mild flu
Pope Francis has canceled several appointments for today. This was justified by the Vatican this morning with a slight flu-like illness.
The head of the Catholic Church celebrates his 87th birthday next month. The Argentinian-born Pope has been in poor health for some time. The Pope is often in a wheelchair due to knee pain. In early summer, he had to undergo open abdominal surgery.
Francis - whose real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio - has been in office since March 2013. At that time, he succeeded the German Pope Benedict XVI, who had resigned unexpectedly for reasons of age. Benedict died in the Vatican at the end of last year at the age of 95.
Source: www.dpa.com
