Matteo Bruni did not comment on what tests are being carried out, nor is it known how long they will take.
The 86-year-old head of the church was transported to the Gemelli Clinic, not far from the Vatican, where he underwent surgery in 2021 due to colon stricture.
Pope Francis has been struggling with knee problems for more than a year, and although he has appeared in public several times in a wheelchair because of this, he has not yet agreed to surgery. He justified the rejection by saying that his body did not respond well to anesthesia during the previous operation.
Pope December said that he had already prepared his letter of resignation in case he was no longer able to perform his duties due to health reasons.
It will arrive in Hungary soon
Pope Francis will arrive in Hungary from Rome on April 28, where he will stay as a guest for three days. According to the official program, Katalin Novák and Viktor Orbán will receive the Pope on Friday, April 28, in the morning and early followingnoon.
The Holy Father that day in the Carmelite Monastery and St. Stephen’s Basilica, on Saturday in the Church of St. Elizabeth in Árpád-háza and in the Papp László Budapest Sports Arena, and on the last day, following the morning mass and homily in Kossuth Lajos tér, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Information Technologies and gives a speech at the Faculty of Bionics.
The last time the head of the Catholic Church was in September 2021, a International Eucharistic Congress appropriatel visited Hungary.
(Cover photo: Pope Francis on March 17, 2023 in Rome. Photo: Franco Origlia / Getty Images)