Pope Francis suffers from health problems and cancels the New Year’s Liturgy
Vatican press office announces Pope Francis will not be able to perform liturgical services of Te Deum on Thanksgiving for the end of the year, as well as the first holiday of 2021, which will take place this Friday, January 1 due to the patient.
La Verdad Noticias has learned that Pope Francis suffers from a “severe sciatica” that occurs when a herniated disc, a bony spur in the spine or a narrowing of the spine spinal stenosis compresses part of the nerve, causing severe pain.
It is worth mentioning that the Vatican has confirmed this the meal will not be canceled, but will not be officiated by the Pontiff, but will be performed by the Emeritus Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and the President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista Cardenal Re, who celebrates the meal while Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, will celebrate Mass this Friday.
The Vatican announces that the Pope is ill and in severe pain.
Masses that the Pope could celebrate
Although it has been announced that Pope Francis will not celebrate Masses on December 31 and January 1, it is still contemplated that he perform Angelus on Friday, which coincides with the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 54th World Day of Peace, which this year entitled “The Culture of Care as a Path to Peace.”
Similarly, he is scheduled to preside over the Eucharist on Wednesday, January 6, for the solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany.
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