Pope Francis

Pope Francis is doing well following intestinal surgery, the Vatican said on Sunday after the 84-year-old pontiff was hospitalised for the first time since his election in 2013. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the pontiff “responded well" to the surgery, which was done under general aesthesia and…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “in good, overall condition, alert" and breathing on his own Monday, the Vatican said a day after the pontiff underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half of his colon. ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “in good, overall condition, alert" and breathing on…

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican said, without giving much detail about the pontiff’s condition. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a…

Pope Francis, 84, was to undergo surgery on Sunday in Rome for an inflammation of the large colon, a Vatican statement said. The pontiff was admitted to the Gemelli University Hospital "for a scheduled surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon," it said. At issue was a potentially painful…

Pope Francis is shown during Easter Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican, in April. The pontiff underwent scheduled colon surgery Sunday. File Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo July 4 (UPI) -- Pope Francis, the 84-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church, is resting after colon surgery…

Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 4 Jul 2021 11:50PM · The Vatican says Pope Francis is admitted to the Gemelli University Hospital ‘for a scheduled surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon’. – EPA pic, July 4, 2021. POPE Francis, 84, was to undergo surgery today in…

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis went Sunday to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine, the Vatican said. The brief announcement from the Holy See’s press office didn’t say exactly when the surgery would be performed but said there would be an…

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ROME, Italy — Pope Francis has invited a delegation of indigenous people of Canada to the Vatican in December amidst controversy surrounding the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at Church-run schools for natives. Vatican News reported that the encounter will take place this coming December just before Christmas and…