POPE FRANCIS TO UNDERGO SURGERY THIS AFTERNOON

POPE FRANCIS TO UNDERGO SURGERY THIS AFTERNOON

Holy See Press Office (June 7):

“At the end of the General Audience, the Holy Father went to the A. Gemelli University Hospital where in the early afternoon he will undergo a surgical operation of laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with prostheses under general anesthesia.

“The operation, arranged in recent days by the medical team assisting the Holy Father, became necessary due to an incarcerated incisional hernia that is causing recurring, painful and worsening sub-occlusive syndromes.

“The stay at the health facility will last several days to allow for the normal post-operative course and full functional recovery.”