Pope expected to be released soon from hospital after abdominal surgery: Vatican

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Published June 14, 2023 5:37 AM

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press

ROME (AP) — The Vatican spokesman says Pope Francis is expected to be released from the hospital “in the coming days.” He reported that Francis is recovering well, on schedule and without complications. In his daily medical update Wednesday, he added that Francis was at work during the day and had received the Eucharist during a moment of prayer in the chapel of his hospital suite. The 86-year-old pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on June 7 for surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove intestinal scar tissue that had caused intestinal blockages. Francis in 2021 had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed.

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