Pope Francis said Friday he was not yet fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis and mild flu and had a Vatican official read out his prepared speech for a Vatican dicastery.
"I still haven't fully recovered, so I've asked MonsignorCiampanelli to read it so as not to make an excessive effort".
Francis said this while opening the audience with the Dicastery for Evangelization and asking Monsignor Filippo Ciampanelli of the Secretariat of State to read the prepared speech.
The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff has had his speeches by him andprayers regularly read out for him lately.
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