The director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruni officially denied the information disseminated by RAI News 24, who assured that Pope Francis had met yesterday with Cardinals Gianfranco Ghirland and Pietro Parolin.
Through a statement, he clarified that this meeting that allegedly took place at the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome, where the Pontiff is still admitted with a diagnosis of bilateral pulmony, never took place, contradicting the version published by the Italian media this February 21 At 16:11 (local time).
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The news generated speculation on the issues that the Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin, and Cardinal Ghirland, expert in canon law and close advisor of the Pope. He even ventured that the Holy Father would have organized this meeting to officially present his resignation.
However, the Vatican has made it clear that the information is not true.
Since Pope Francis was hospitalized last Friday, false or not contrasted information on his health conditions even stating that he had died.
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Victoria Cardiel
Victoria Cardiel is a journalist specialized in social and religious information issues. Since 2013, he has covered all the news of the Vatican for various media, such as the Spanish news agency Europa Press, or the weekly of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Alfa and Omega.