Pope Francis Falls for Second Time in A few Month, Hurts His Arm

Pope Francis injured his arm after falling for the second time in simply over a month, based on the Vatican. 

“This morning [Thursday, Jan. 16], because of a fall at Santa Marta, Pope Francis sustained a bruise on his proper forearm, with no fractures,” introduced the Holy See Press Workplace, as reported by Vatican Information, the Related Press and ABC Information.

The press workplace additionally mentioned that Francis’ “arm has been immobilized as a precaution.” 

Vatican Information reported that regardless of the incident, the pontiff, 88, continued to obtain his audiences, together with the Group of the Argentine Clergymen’ Faculty of Rome, members of a delegation from Albania and Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, president of the committee on World Meals Safety. 

Francis’ newest damage follows a earlier minor fall he skilled on Dec. 6. The Vatican’s press workplace mentioned then that he sustained the damage after hitting his chin on his bedside desk, reported Reuters.

The pontiff was noticed having a purple bruise on his chin throughout a Dec. 7 ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica for the set up of 21 new cardinals. Reuters famous that he seemed to be in in any other case good well being on the occasion.

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Francis has skilled well being points through the years. In June 2023, he had intestinal surgical procedure for an belly hernia, as he was experiencing “recurring, painful and worsening” signs.

In an announcement to PEOPLE on the time, the Vatican mentioned, “On the finish of the Normal Viewers, the Holy Father went to the A. Gemelli College Hospital the place within the early afternoon he’ll endure a surgical procedure of laparotomy and cosmetic surgery of the belly wall with prostheses below normal anesthesia.”

On April 1, 2023, Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital after receiving remedy for bronchitis, the Related Press reported. He remarked to journalists that he was “nonetheless alive” earlier than he was pushed away.

Earlier this month, the pontiff addressed members of the Union of St. Catherine of Siena of the Missionaries of the College by which he known as on nuns to be messengers of pleasure and to chorus from gossip.

“Many occasions in my life I’ve encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this isn’t pleasant, this isn’t one thing that helps to draw folks,” Francis mentioned in his remarks on Jan. 4. “Vinegar is ugly and nuns with a vinegar face, let’s not say! Briefly: holiness, preparation and friendliness. I ask this of you.”