Pontiff, 85, had planned to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in early July
Pope Francis has scrapped a trip to Africa owing to an ongoing problem with his knee, raising further scrutiny about the 85-year-old pontiff’s health.and South Sudan in early July had been cancelled “at the request of his doctors in order not to jeopardise the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee” and would be rescheduled to a later date.for the first time in early May, has cancelled several engagements since having a minor operation to treat knee pain.
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