Pope Francis has cancelled his audiences scheduled for Saturday morning because he has a slight fever, the Vatican said.
“The Holy Father’s audiences scheduled for this morning are cancelled due to a mild flu,” it said in a statement.
He is due to travel to Dubai on Friday for the Cop28 conference on climate change, a global challenge that he has deeply cared about during his papacy.
Francis will turn 87 next month. When asked about his health in a recent interview – after setbacks that included abdominal surgery just a few months ago to repair a hernia and remove intestinal scarring – Francis quipped in reply what has become his standard line: “Still alive, you know.”
