Vatican City, Jun 27, 2014 / 08:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As spectators were awaiting the visit of Pope Francis to an Roman hospital, it was announced by Bishop Claudio Giuliodori that the pontiff cancelled his visit due to a “sudden indisposition.”

Bishop Giuliodori is the General Ecclesiastical Assistant of the University of the Sacred Heart.

The noted that he read aloud to those waiting for the Holy Father was later confirmed by Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J.