Youths carry a wooden cross outside St. Peter's Square after they attended a prayer at the Vatican, Friday, May 26, 2023. Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon /AP-PTI