Pope Francis has met with a delegation of European rabbis but opted not to read his speech, saying he wasn't well. The Vatican says he has “a little bit of a cold.” Francis told the rabbis on Monday morning that he was very happy to receive them in an audience at the Apostolic Palace.
Pope Francis leaves his studios window at the end of the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. ROME — Pope Francis met with European rabbis on Monday and decried antisemitism, war and terrorism in a written speech he declined to read, saying he wasn’t feeling well.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the pope “has a bit of a cold and a long day of audiences.’' The 86-year-old pontiff ”preferred to greet the European rabbis individually, and that’s why he handed over his speech.” “Yet again violence and war have erupted in that Land blessed by the Most High, which seems continually assailed by the vileness of hatred and the deadly clash of weapons,” Francis wrote in the speech.
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