Pope postpones Africa visit over knee problem


Pope Francis, sits in a wheelchair following knee treatment at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican. – AFP pic, June 10, 2022.

POPE Francis will postpone his upcoming trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan due to an ongoing knee problem, the Vatican said today. 

“At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardise the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, the Holy Father has been forced to postpone, with regret, his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to South Sudan,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.


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