Vatican denies Pope Francis has contracted COVID-19
By Zhao Yusha Source:Global Times Published: 2020/3/1 17:52:45
Pope Francis (left) arrives for the weekly general audience in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on Wednesday. Pope Francis urged his hearers to cultivate the virtue of meekness, underscoring the destructive power of anger, media reported. The sin of anger is "a violent emotion whose impulse we all know," the pope told the thousands gathered in the Vatican. Photo: AFP
The Vatican has told the Global Times that "there is no evidence to diagnose the Pope with anything other than being slightly unwell," in response to reports that the Pope has contracted COVID-19.
Social media posts recently circulated that Pope Francis and two aides tested positive for COVID-19. The Pope canceled a third day of scheduled events on Saturday to recuperate from what the Vatican called "slight indisposition," according to media reports.
A spokesperson from the Holy See Press Office told the Global …