Vatican cancel Pope Francis’s Jubrication Audience on Saturday, but does not inform about the Angelus

The Vatican press office announced that the audience that Pope Francis planned to preside over this Saturday, March 1, within the framework of the Jubilee, was canceled due to his hospitalization in the Gemelli Polyclinic.

“Due to the continuous hospitalization of the Holy Father, the retirement audience of Saturday, March 1,” said the Vatican.

According to the dating calendar planned for the Jubilee Year, published on the official page of the Jubileo, The Pontiff was expected to meet in the Classroom Pablo VI with the parishes of the second prefecture of the Diocese of Rome.

Pope Francis entered on February 14 in this health center of excellence with a diagnosis of bronchitis, which later resulted in a bilateral pneumonia that is being treated with antibiotics.

Vatican sources confirmed that this Thursday morning the pontiff continued to receive oxygen at alternate moments. In addition, the Holy Father is performing physiotherapy exercises to improve breathing, sitting in an armchair and without receiving visits, in his room on the tenth floor of the hospital

In any case, the Vatican still did not report on the way in which Pope Francis will participate in the public prayer of the Angelus next Sunday.

Last week he wanted to share with the faithful a message of hope about his recovery, although he could not preside over the Marian prayer because he continued in a critical medical situation.

If you cancel again this Sunday, it would be the third consecutive week in which the Pontiff will not preside over the prayer of the Angelus. The first time he was forced to cancel this encounter with the faithful was in 2023, after colon intestinal surgery.