Doctors: Pope must eat less pasta, walk more

Pope Francis entered the final busy days of Holy Week by acknowledging the exhaustion that priests like himself can feel — but made no mention of doctors’ warnings that he needs to mind his health by eating less pasta.

In his Holy Thursday homily, Francis said he thinks often about the weariness of priests “and I pray about it, often, especially when I am tired myself”.

The Pope, who is 78 and who is known for his near-workaholic ethic, lost most of one lung in his 20s due to an infection.