Pope Francis Still Sick, Cancels Friday Audiences: Vatican

Pope Francis blows his nose as he leads the Ash Wednesday mass which opens Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter at the Santa Sabina church in Rome on Feb. 26, 2020. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis is still sick with an apparent cold on Friday and canceled official audiences for a second day in a row, said the Vatican.

The 83-year-old pontiff celebrated morning Mass and greeted people at the end. He then canceled his official audiences, according to the Vatican News.