Vatican denies rumour Pope is suffering from brain tumour
The Vatican described the report on an Italian website as ‘seriously irresponsible’ Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said an Italian newspaper’s claims about the Pope’s health were “entirely unfounded.” After checking with the Pope himself and other sources, Father Lombardi told reporters “the pope enjoys good health” and that the unsubstantiated news report was “a serious act of irresponsibility, absolutely unjustifiable and unspeakable.” The Quotidiano Nazionale” reported on October 21 that an unnamed nurse at a clinic in Pisa told the pape