Vatican cancels pope’s weekend engagements as he battles ‘complex’ infection

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Vatican cancels pope’s weekend engagements as he battles ‘complex’ infection
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A planned public papal audience set for February 22 was cancelled 'due to the health condition of the Holy Father,' the Vatican says in a statement

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who began his fifth day in hospital on Tuesday, February 18, for what doctors have described as a “complex” respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend’s Holy Year events, the Vatican said on Tuesday. A planned public papal audience set for Saturday had been cancelled “due to the health condition of the Holy Father”, the Vatican said in a brief statement.

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