Pope Undergoes CT Scan After Flu, Lung Complications Ruled Out: Vatican

His next public appearance is scheduled for Sunday when he is expected to address crowds in his weekly Angelus message in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis went to a hospital in Rome on Saturday for a scan, which the Vatican said had ruled out lung complications after flu forced him to cancel his activities.

A Vatican statement said the 86-year-old pontiff had already returned to his residence in the Vatican after undergoing the CT scan at the Gemelli Isola hospital in central Rome early on Saturday afternoon.

Part of one of the pope's lungs was removed when he was a young man in his native Argentina.