Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital for some previously scheduled tests, the Vatican says.
Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday.
“The Holy Father has been at Gemelli since this afternoon for some previously scheduled checkups,” read the one-line statement. He said soon after that he had recovered fully and could eat normally. But in a Jan. 24 interview with The Associated Press, Francis said the diverticulosis, or bulges in his intestinal wall, had “returned.”
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