ローマ法王 appears unable to climb a few steps as respiratory and mobility problems take their （死傷者）数
VATICAN CITY (AP) - ローマ法王 Francis again asked an 補佐官 to read his 発言／述べるs and was unable to get 支援する の上に his popemobile Wednesday, as ぐずぐず残る respiratory and mobility problems continued to take their （死傷者）数 on the 87-year-old pontiff.
Francis 統括するd over his 週刊誌 general audience, held outside for the first time this year in a chilly St. Peter´s Square. But he had an 補佐官 read his catechism lesson, as he has done for the past several days.
Last Wednesday, Francis went to the hospital for 明示していない diagnostic 実験（する）s, the results of which have not been 解放（する）d. He has been 苦しむing on and off this winter from what he and the Vatican have said was a 冷淡な, 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s of bronchitis and the flu.
Late last year, Francis underwent a CAT ざっと目を通す that 支配するd out 肺炎, but the ローマ法王 was still 軍隊d to call off a trip to the 湾 because of a bad 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 of 激烈な／緊急の, 感染性の bronchitis.
Francis has also been 苦しむing from a fracture in the 膝 and inflammation of its ligaments that starting in 2022 押し進めるd him to use a 車椅子. But he has usually managed to get around with a 茎 or walker and the help of 補佐官s to get him to a standing position.
On Wednesday, however, Francis appeared unable to climb up the few steps to board his popemobile at the end of his audience, even while しっかり掴むing の上に the handrails. 補佐官s quickly brought 支援する his 車椅子 and he sat 支援する 負かす／撃墜する. He then 迎える／歓迎するd the （人が）群がる before 存在 wheeled out of the piazza.
ローマ法王 Francis leaves at the end of his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The Argentine ローマ法王 had part of one 肺 除去するd as a young man because of a respiratory 感染, and he often speaks in a whisper even when not sick. In 2021, he had a chunk of his 結腸 除去するd and last year had 外科 to 修理 an 復部の hernia and 除去する 腸の scar tissue.
ローマ法王 Francis leaves at the end of his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis 試みる／企てるs to get on his car as he leaves at the end of the 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis 試みる／企てるs to get on his car as he leaves at the end of the 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis arrives for his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregori o Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis is helped by his 援助（する）s as he 持つ／拘留するs his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis arrives for his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis leaves at the end of his 週刊誌 general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Elisabetta Guido, 中心, leads a Gospel choir as it 成し遂げるs during ローマ法王 Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
