Cardinal Mafi cancels Vatican trip due to illness [1]
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 12:37. Updated on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 12:42.
Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi is recovering in Auckland after he was rushed to the Middlemore Hospital in the weekend.
RNZ reported last night, April 3 that Cardinal Mafi’s condition was stable after he collapsed and was rushed to hospital during the weekend.
A spokesperson from the Catholic Church Diocesan Centre, Nuku’alofa said that Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi left Tonga on Friday, 31 March en route for Rome.
They said that Cardinal Mafi was not well when he left Tonga and after he arrived in Auckland he decided to have a medical check-up before he embarked on the long flight from Auckland to Rome. It was then discovered that he was not well enough to take the long flight to Rome.
The Cardinal has cancelled his trip to the Vatican.