Pope values preventative medicine to ensure good health

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Pope has been reflecting on the importance of caring for one’s health after doctors advised him not to travel to Dubai for Cop 28 as he was suffering from an acute infectious bronchitis. 

His remarks came during an audience with healthcare professionals at The Vatican on Thursday.

“As you can see, I am alive,” he joked, adding that going from heat to air conditioning was not convenient for his condition.

He stated that poorly cared for health succumbs to fragility and there was value in preventative medicine.

He concluded that people should seek medical solutions when they are ill and preserve their health when they are well.