Pope Francis has gone to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a check-up.

Earlier this 12 months the pope, 86, spent 5 days in hospital with a lung an infection and final month needed to skip audiences because of a fever.

The Vatican has up to now not commented on the precise cause for his go to at this time.

Over the weekend he delivered a midday prayer in St Peter's sq. within the Vatican.

Pope Francis, who marked his tenth 12 months as pontiff in March, has suffered plenty of illnesses lately.

In July 2021 he had a part of his colon eliminated in an operation geared toward addressing a painful bowel situation known as diverticulitis.

The Vatican introduced plans on Saturday for Francis to go to Mongolia in late August and early September.

On his go to to the nation he is because of go to a tiny Christian neighborhood as a part of his goal to go to Catholics on the periphery of the church's attain.

Statistics offered by the non-profit Aid to the Church in Need present that Mongolia is simply 2% Christian.

Before that he's because of go to Portugal in early August the place he'll attend the World Youth Day in Lisbon and go to the Shrine of Fatima.

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