(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 30 - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the vice dean of the College of Cardinals, said Thursday that he is set to preside over this weekend's Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square after Pope Francis was admitted to hospital with respiratory problems on Wednesday.
    "I can conform that on Sunday I will preside over the Palm Sunday Mass," Sandri, the pope's Argentine compatriot, told ANSA.
    "I was informed on Monday by the papal master of ceremonies that each of the Holy Week rites would be presided over by a cardinal and they asked me to do Palm Sunday.
    "Naturally I hope that the pope gets better and can preside over the liturgies, as has happened on other occasions, with a cardinal officiating at the altar". (ANSA).