Pope Francis will preside over the Holy Saturday Vigil after renouncing the Via Crucis. Pope Francis has suffered from respiratory problems in recent times.
Francis, 87, presided, apparently without problems, at the Holy Thursday mass in a women's prison in Rome and this Friday at the ceremony of the passion of Christ in St. Peter's Basilica. For the moment, the Sunday Resurrection Mass and Easter message and the urbi et orbi blessing from the central loggia of the Vatican basilica are also confirmed.