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Vatican says Pope's health condition improving but he will stay indoors
Francis was forced to skip a planned trip to Dubai to make an address to the UN climate summit.
The health of Pope Francis, who is suffering from a lung inflammation, is improving but he will read his Sunday message indoors from his residence to be on the safe side, the Vatican said on Saturday.
A statement said the 86-year-old pontiff had no fever and was continuing anti-biotic treatment.
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He normally reads the message from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square. He would read it indoors to "avoid exposing himself to temperature changes", the statement said.
Francis was forced to skip a planned trip to Dubai to make an address to the U.N. climate summit. The Vatican's number two, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, read it on his behalf.
