Pope postpones official audiences
but continues meetings at Santa Marta
Pope Francis at Mass at Casa Santa Marta, 28.02.2020 (Vatican Media) |
The schedule of Pope Francis has been modified for the
second day, Friday, the Vatican Press Office said.
Vatican News
“The Holy Father celebrated Mass this morning and at the
end, as usual, greeted the participants, but decided to postpone today's
official audiences,” the Director of the Holy See Press office, Matteo Bruni,
said on Friday. “The meetings on the agenda at Casa Santa Marta continue
regularly ", he told journalists.
The previous day, Thursday, Pope Francis had skipped a
scheduled penitential service with the clergy of Rome at Saint John Lateran,
letting his speech be read by the Vicar of Rome Diocese, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis.
Bruni explained to journalists that because of “a slight
indisposition” the Pope "preferred to stay inside Santa Marta,” where the
pontiff lives. “All other commitments will go ahead regularly,” he said.
In fact, Thursday morning, the Pope celebrated Mass at Santa
Marta and later met a delegation of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, an
organization that collaborates with the Church for greater protection of the
environment, in line with the Holy Father’s encyclical, “Laudato
si’.
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