POPE Francis has been admitted to hospital in Rome as we speak in a contemporary well being scare – months after affected by a lung an infection.
The 86-year-old was reportedly taken to Gemelli hospital for a check-up.
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There was no speedy phrase from the Vatican.
The pope spent five days in hospital earlier this yr with a lung an infection and in addition skipped audiences final month on account of a fever.
Francis, who marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church this yr, has suffered quite a few diseases in recent times.
In July 2021 he had a part of his colon eliminated in an operation to assist a painful bowel situation known as diverticulitis.
The pontiff additionally suffers from continual knee ache and makes use of a wheelchair.
He needed to cancel actions a number of occasions final yr as a result of ache in his knee and acknowledged he wanted to decelerate.
Earlier this yr, Francis bid farewell to his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died aged 95.
Francis was seen arriving in a wheelchair and stood utilizing a stick as he paid tribute to the “knowledge, tenderness and devotion that he bestowed upon us through the years”.
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