Pope Francis on Thursday visited the children's cancer ward of the hospital where he's been recovering from abdominal surgery.
. He met the young patients on the eve of his expected discharge from Rome's Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic hospital.
The pictures show him in a wheelchair in a hallway of the pediatric oncology ward engaging with the children, their parents and medical staff. Francis' medical team confirmed that he was expected to leave the hospital Friday morning following a successful recovery from surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove intestinal scar tissue that was causing blockages.
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