Vatican responds to Pope Francis brain tumour news

After an Italian newspaper reported that the Pope is suffering from a benign brain tumour on Wednesday, the Vatican has responded to the news

Vatican responds to Pope Francis brain tumour news

The Vatican denied the news to be faux and said that the Pope was in good health unlike reported by the Quontidiano Nazionale daily. It said that the mistake committed by the newspaper was unforgivable, given the number of people worried by the news.

The Quontidiano Nazionale reported in its newspaper about the news on its front page under the title, “The Pope is sick “. The article reported tgat the Pope was visited by a Japanese doctor and his team and detects “a small dark spot on the brain”. It further added that the doctor reached the Vatican from Tuscany through a helicopter that secretly landed into the country. According to this article, the Japanese doctor, Takanori Fukushima got into the helicopter from a San Rosorredink in Pisa. When contacted, a spokeswoman for the clinic refused to respond on the issue and said any confirmations were to be made by the director, who, when tried to get in touch with, was unavailable.

The reports that said that the tumour was curable, was deemed to be, “a grave art of irresponsibility, absolute inexcusable and unconscionable,” according to the chief spokesman, father Federico Lombardi. He read out the statement for the press, to clarify on the news, that said “No Japanese doctor has visited the Pope in the Vatican and there have been no examinations of the type indicated in the article”. ” I am able to confirm that the Pope is in good health,” he asserted.