Pope Francis' appointments canceled until June 18, Italian diocese says

Pope Francis on the morning of June 7, 2023 shortly before heading to the hospital for abdominal surgery greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis' audiences have been canceled until June 18, an Italian Catholic diocese said Wednesday, citing the Prefecture of the Papal Household.The communications office of the Diocese of Teramo-Atri sent a press release June 7 expressing the bishop's closeness to Francis after the pope was hospitalized to undergo abdominal surgery Wednesday afternoon.According to a tweet posted by Vatican News, Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni also told journalists the pope's audiences were suspended until June 18 "as a precautionary measure."Catholics of the Diocese of Teramo-Atri, which is in central Italy's Abruzzo region, were scheduled to meet Pope Francis in Rome in St. Peter's Square on the morning of Saturday, June 17.Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi ...

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