Pope Francis is still expected to travel to Belgium and Luxembourg later this week as planned despite cancelling his scheduled meetings and audiences at the start of the week due to a “mild flu-like condition”.
In a 23 September statement, the Vatican announced that “due to a mild case of influenza, and as a precaution for the trip in the coming days, the papal audiences scheduled for today are cancelled”.
On the same day, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni held a news briefing about the Pope’s forthcoming 26-29 September visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, giving no indication that…