Matteo Bruni, director of the Press Office: “The Holy Father is forced to postpone the apostolic trip” to the Congo and South Sudan scheduled for early July.

“At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, the Holy Father has been forced to postpone, with regret, his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to South Sudan, planned for 2 to 7 July, to a later date to be determined”.