Japanese doctor breaks silence and says he never meets the Pope

Since the beginning of the week, the Vatican has strongly denied that the pope was sick Francisco

The Takanori Fukushima Japanese doctor broke the silence about the rumors of a possible benign brain tumor Francisco pope and said, told ANSA that "never treated" the leader of the Catholic Church. "So many falsehoods were written! Never treated the Pope.





I met him once and I believe that not remember me, "said neurosurgeon in a telephone call with ANSA, noting that the media exposure was" unexpected ".

On Wednesday (21), the Italian newspaper Quotidiano Nazionale (QN) reported that Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio the, 78, was with a dark spot in the brain that would be a benign tumor.

According to the daily, the pope would have received a Fukushima consultation, which would have disregarded surgery and opted for a targeted treatment. The controversy gained more strength when found photos of Fukushima with the Pope at the doctor's blog.

The first image was taken in October 2014, after a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The expert reported on the blog that had been invited to a special event by the Holy See.

Another image on page dated January 2015 and showed Fukushima in the halls of the Vatican palaces. He said at the time, had met with the vicar general for Vatican City, Cardinal Angelo Comastri.

In recent days, the Holy See has strongly denied that Francis was ill.


Cardinals and bishops also write on social media and gave interviews extolling the good health of the Pope. "The spread of the news is unfounded and gravely irresponsible.

Does not deserve attention, "said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
However, in an editorial published along with the news, the director of QN, Andrea Cangini, confirmed the information about the tumor is true and that the newspaper took to publicize this as checked all data.

"Deny the story is an understandable attitude and was expected. It took us to publish the news in order to verify any case. We do not have the least doubt. We seriously question whether we should publish it or not and we conclude that what is true for a Head of State or Government also goes for the Pope. the enormous public responsibility that these figures carry leads us to believe that the right to privacy is less important than the right of the public to be informed, "he defended the journalist.

Bergoglio was elected Pope in March 2013, after the historic resignation of his predecessor, Benedict XVI.