Pope Francis' surgeon says the pontiff is following doctors' advice and he will skip Sunday's customary public blessing to allow him to better heal after abdominal surgery.
Candles with the image of Pope Francis are left at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, June 9, 2023, where Francis is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Wednesday. The Vatican says Pope Francis has had a second good night in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall.
While the Vatican said earlier in the week that Francis had occasionally been sitting in a chair to read newspapers, the weekly noon appointment customarily involves the pope speaking to the public for about 15 minutes and giving his blessing. Francis has graduated from a liquid to a semiliquid diet and had no fever, according to his medical staff.
Francis will recite the traditional Sunday noon prayer privately in his hospital room, and faithful are encouraged to join in the prayer, Bruni said. While in the 10th-floor apartment reserved for papal use at Gemelli Polyclinic, Francis has been reading newspapers whileNo date has yet been announced for his release from the hospital.When the surgery was announced, the Vatican said the pope was expected to be hospitalized for several days. Alfieri said by opting to spend more of his convalescence in the hospital instead of leaving after a handful of days, the pope can return “to his work with more strength and safety.
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