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Pope Francis hospitalized due to respiratory infection.

  • David Giglione and Alice Davies
  • BBC – Rome and London

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Pope Francis attended his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday before entering the hospital

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in a hospital in Rome.

The Vatican statement said that the 86-year-old pope had been experiencing breathing difficulties in recent days, but stressed that he was not suffering from a Covid-19 infection.

The statement confirmed that he would require “a few days of appropriate medical treatment in hospital”.

He pointed out that “Pope Francis was touched by the many messages he received, and expresses his gratitude for the interest and prayers for him.”

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