"Pope Francis Opts Out of Palm Sunday Homily Amid Busy Holy Week"
TL;DR
Pope Francis, 87, skipped delivering his homily during the Palm Sunday Mass, raising concerns about his increasingly frail health. Instead, he remained silent, with his recent health woes including respiratory problems and a seemingly emergency visit to a Rome hospital. Despite skipping the homily, he spoke in a clear voice before and after the service, expressing closeness to the victims of a recent terrorist attack in Moscow and to Ukraine. His decision to forgo the strenuous speech at the outset of Holy Week spoke volumes about his health.
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