Pope Francis will press ahead with plans to travel to Luxembourg and Belgium later this week, despite cancelling his meetings for Monday due to a mild flu, the Vatican said. The tour, his 46th foreign visit as pope,

Francis, 87, is scheduled to visit Belgium and Luxembourg soon, trips that come within weeks of his returning from a grueling Asia-Pacific tour.

Saying Pope Francis had "a mild flu-like condition," the Vatican press office announced he had canceled his scheduled audiences Sept. 23. The 87-year-old pope, the press office said, would be resting as "a precautionary measure" in view of his scheduled trip Sept.