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Pope Francis has revealed that he has a lung inflammation but will go later this week to Dubai to address the climate change conference.s)..
Francis skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu..
Instead, Francis gave the traditional noon blessing in an appearance televised live from the chapel in the Vatican hotel where he lives. ..
Not immediately explained was the discrepancy between the Pope saying he has lung inflammation and the Vatican saying a day earlier that Francis had a CT scan at a Rome hospital "to exclude the risk of pulmonary complications" and that the exam was negative..
Earlier this year, Francis was hospitalised for three days for what he later said was pneumonia and what the Vatican described as a case of bronchitis necessitating treatment with intravenous antibiotics..
