Pope has brief trip to hospital after general audience - Vatican. Pope Francis had a short visit to the Gemelli hospital on Rome's Tiber Island on Wednesday after this weekly general audience in the Vatican for a medical examination.
During the audience, the pontiff said he had not totally recovered after scaling down his schedule over the last few days due to flu-like symptoms. "I still have a bit of a cold," Francis said during the audience in Vatican's Paul VI Hall.