He Pope Francisco continues with “the lung inflammation associated with the difficulty breathing“although he no longer has a fever and will continue with antibiotics. The Vatican has updated the Pope’s health status, which, as reported by the Holy See Press Office, remains stable.

Indeed, Francis has not missed his traditional Wednesday audience despite the lung infection, although this time it did not take place in St. Peter’s Square, where a cold wind was blowing, but in the Vatican Audience Hall. ““I still don’t feel well.”Francisco said at the beginning, “I still have the flu, my voice is not good“.

The Pope spoke after the official of the Secretariat of State, Filippo Ciampanelli, read throughout the audience both the catechism and the greetings in the different languages.

This, as the Pontiff explained at the beginning of the audience, is due to his difficulty speaking due to the inflammation in his lungs from which he is recovering and for which this Tuesday he had to cancel, at the request of his doctors, his planned trip to Dubai from December 1 to 3 to participate in COP28.

After his catechesis, Pope Francis has asked that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip continue. “Please, continue praying for the serious situation in Israel and Palestine. Peace please, peace! “I hope that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip continues so that all hostages are released and essential humanitarian supplies continue to be accessed,” she stressed.

He has also referred to the several hundred people who have sought refuge on the grounds of the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip. “I heard from the church there that there is no water or bread; people suffer. It is the common people, the townspeople, who suffer. “It is not those who wage war who suffer,” he warned.