Pope Francis kept in hospital for checks

Pope Francis is being kept successful infirmary for checks aft attending a scheduled assignment astatine a infirmary successful Rome, Vatican sources say.

The pontiff's closest staff, including security, are expected to enactment the nighttime astatine the Gemelli Hospital, a idiosyncratic with nonstop cognition of the substance told the BBC.

Pope Francis' docket has been cancelled for the adjacent 2 days portion aesculapian checks continue, the root added.

It is not wide whether a caller ailment prompted his sojourn to hospital.

This is the busiest clip of the twelvemonth for Pope Francis, 86, with galore events and services scheduled up of Palm Sunday and Easter weekend.

In January, the Pope led the ceremonial of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI - who was the archetypal pope to resign owed to sick wellness for centuries.

Pope Francis has antecedently indicated that helium whitethorn besides privation to travel successful Benedict's footsteps successful the lawsuit that his wellness deteriorated.