Pope Francis was admitted on Tuesday into a hospital in Rome, for medical checkups two months after being hospitalized for bronchitis.
Pope Francis visited a Rome hospital for a medical check-up on Tuesday, the Vatican said, just over two months after he was hospitalized with bronchitis.
Francis, 86, was forced to take a day off at the end of last month with a fever, which the Vatican secretary of state blamed on tiredness.
He was diagnosed with bronchitis and stayed in hospital for three nights, before returning to the Vatican to preside over Easter services.
Francis, who has been the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics for a decade, has suffered increasing health issues over the past year.
Francis added that doctors had caught his bronchitis infection just in time.
Despite his health issues, Francis continues to travel widely.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
