Pope Francis said Saturday he has not
yet fully recovered form a recent cold, chesty cough and mild
bout of the flu and so he had a Vatican official read out his
message to members of the community of the Vatican-owned Rome
children's hospital Bambino Gesù.
Msgr Filippo Ciampanelli of the Secretariat of State read out
his message for him.
The message said "the logic of the gift is central to the work
of the Bambino Gesù" and called for "science and the competence
of treatment not to be the privilege of a few".
He urged the community "go forward in this blessed work".
Francis greeted some 200 young patients including some from
Ukraine and Gaza.
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