[HIGHLIGHTS] Concerns about the health of Pope Francis: “He needs to conserve his strength”

Vaticanist Antoine-Marie Izoard does not see the sovereign pontiff giving up his chariot. The large white armchair, installed on the palatine in front of the Colosseum, was finally removed at the last minute.

Pope Francis did not participate in the Stations of the Cross, the torchlight procession which retraces the stages of Christ's condemnation to death. The absence of the 87-year-old Argentine Jesuit, weakened since a major abdominal operation last year, immediately revived fears about his health.