The pope, 86, who has had a number of medical scares in recent years, met Monday with European rabbis. The Vatican stressed his illness was nothing serious.
In a meeting with European Rabbis this morning Pope Francis did not read the speech he had prepared due to a cold. His audience will continue as normal though.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Monday skipped reading a prepared speech for a meeting with European rabbis, telling them he was not feeling well, and the Vatican said he was suffering from a slight cold but would go ahead with his other engagements for the day. Francis appeared to be short of breath as he greeted the rabbis at the start of the meeting, and the cancellation of his speech set off a brief health scare for the 86-year-old pontiff. Francis is missing part of one lung, which was removed when he was a young man in his native Argentina.
Pope Francis strongly condemned the "spread of antisemitic demonstrations" around the globe as Israel continues its ground operation against Hamas in Gaza.
Pope Francis did not deliver a scheduled talk to a meeting with the Conference of European Rabbis on November 6, explaining that he was not feeling well.