“The Holy Father celebrated Mass this morning and at the end, as usual, greeted the participants, but decided to postpone today’s official audiences,” the Director of the Holy See Press office, Matteo Bruni, said on Friday. “The meetings on the agenda at Casa Santa Marta continue regularly,” he told journalists.
The previous day, Thursday, Pope Francis had skipped a scheduled penitential service with the clergy of Rome at Saint John Lateran, letting his speech be read by the Vicar of Rome Diocese, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis.
