Pope Francis has reportedly tested negative for coronavirus.
According to a report in the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, he was forced to cancel a Lent retreat for the first time in his papacy due to a cold.
Pope Francis, who had part of one lung removed because of an illness decades ago, had cancelled most audiences last week as well.
The Vatican did not immediately respond to the reports.
It comes as Italy is battling a surging outbreak of the coronavirus, with 52 deaths reported on Monday.
Saudi-led coalition says helicopter crash in Najran kills 2 crew members
A Saudi AH-6i helicopter has crashed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region due to a technical malfunction, killing its two crew members, according to Yemen's Saudi-led coalition on Sunday.
At least 17 killed in stampede at festival in India's Kolkata
At least 17 people have been killed and several others injured in a stampede at a religious festival in north Kolkata in India, local media reported on Saturday.
2 killed, 11 injured in Kansas after truck drives through soccer game, police say
A truck has driven into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, leaving a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man dead and 10 others hospitalised with traumatic injuries, police said on Saturday.
Mass protests in France spiral into worst riots in years
Rioting have erupted in cities across France on Saturday as demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public services spiralled out of control in some of the worst violence the country has witnessed for decades.
French protesters take to streets over rising prices and social strain
Demonstrations began across France on Saturday in what was expected to become a major nationwide protest against high prices and the fraying of a model intended to provide a basic level of opportunity and social security.
