The Vatican announced on Tuesday, November 28, that Pope Francis, a victim of pneumonia and flu, would not attend the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, after initially confirming the sovereign pontiff’s arrival .
Pope Francis was scheduled to begin this Friday, December 1st. a three day visit to the United Arab Emirates and to hold bilateral meetings on Saturday, December 2, with about 30 people, including about twenty heads of state, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told reporters during the day.
“Although the Holy Father’s general clinical condition has improved with regard to his flu and the inflammation of his respiratory tract, The doctors asked the Pope not to go on the planned trip to Dubai., the Vatican then announced.
Initially, the Vatican had confirmed the presence of the sovereign Pope at the COP28 organized in Dubai and indicated that the 86-year-old Francis was “doing well”. “At the moment everything is normal for the Pope’s travels, a doctor and a nurse will accompany him as usual.”he defined.
Francis met with Spanish bishops visiting the Vatican on Tuesday, Nov. 28, and plans to continue his weekly general audience on Wednesday in an indoor auditorium, Matteo Bruni said. The pope had part of a lung removed in his 20s. The pope underwent surgery for a hernia in his abdomen in June and spent nine days in the hospital. He appears to have fully recovered from this surgery.