Rome – Pope Francis fell on Thursday and injured his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another fall apparently left him with a bad bruise on his chin. Francis did not break his arm, but a sling was put on him as a precaution, a Vatican spokesman said in a statement
On December 7, the pope hit his chin on his nightstand in a fall that apparently caused a bad bruise.
The 88-year-old pope, who has fight health problems far among them bronchitis attackshe often has to use a wheelchair because of bad knees. He uses a walker or cane to get around his apartment in the Santa Marta hotel in Vatican City.
The Vatican said Thursday's collapse also occurred at Santa Marta, and the pope was later seen in an audience with his right arm in a sling.
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“This morning, as a result of a fall at Santa Marta House, Pope Francis suffered a fractured right arm. His arm was immobilized as a precautionary measure,” the statement said.
Speculation about Francis' health is constant in Vatican circles, especially after that Pope Benedict XVI he broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the party in 2013. Benedict's assistants have decided to fall through the night he suffered during his trip to Mexico. in 2012, after which he decided he could not keep up with the pope's ecumenical demands.
Francis has said, however, that he has no plans to retire anytime soon, even though Benedict “opened the door” to the possibility. In his autobiography “Hope” published this week, Francis said that he had not considered retiring even when he underwent major intestinal surgery.
Part of one of his lungs was removed as a young man in Argentina after suffering a severe bout of pneumonia.
