Pope Francis has gone to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a check-up. Earlier this year the pope, 86, spent five days in hospital with a lung infection and last month had to skip audiences due to a fever.

Pope Francis briefly went to a hospital on Tuesday for tests and returned to the Vatican, witnesses and news reports said, two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis. The ANSA news agency said Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital Tuesday morning for tests.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2023 / 05:36 am. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital’s center for the elderly for a visit on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. Italian news age

Pope Francis was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Tuesday, June 6, for a medical check-up, according to the Italian news agency Ansa

Pope Francis has made a quick trip to a hospital for tests. The visit on Tuesday came more than two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis. The ANSA news agency said that Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital for tests.

Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a brief check-up on Tuesday and has returned to the Vatican, the Holy See's press office said in a statement.

Pope Francis has gone to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a check-up, news agency Ansa and several other Italian media outlets reported on Tuesday, quoting what they said were sources with knowledge of the matter.