Fever has caused Pope Francis to miss meetings, says Vatican

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he attends the world’s first meeting of the ‘Educational Eco-Cities’ promoted by the ‘Scholas Occurrentes’, at the Vatican on Thursday, May 25, 2023 (Andrew Medichini/AP/PA)

Pope Francis missed meetings on Friday because he was suffering from a fever, the Vatican said.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly large crowd of his school foundation on Thursday afternoon.