‘Slight indisposition’: Pope cancels public events for third day in a row

By John Gage

Published February 29, 2020 5:34pm ET

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‘Slight indisposition’: Pope cancels public events for third day in a row — Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis is missing his third day of public events in a row after coming down with an apparent cold.

The Vatican said the 83-year-old pope has a “slight indisposition” but has not offered any details about the illness. The head of the Catholic Church continued to attend Mass each day, but he has worked from home and canceled visits with official audiences through Saturday.

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