The pope had a good night’s sleep in Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital after colon surgery under general anesthesia. Francis was admitted to the Wednesday clinic on Wednesday and operated on a hernia in the intestine. After the three-hour operation, the 86-year-old pope even joked with the attending surgeon, Sergio Alfieri, as he reported.
“The Holy Father is doing well. He joked with me and said, ‘When will the third surgery take place?'” said Alfieri, who had already operated on Francis in July 2021. Francis will probably have to stay in the clinic for five to seven days for observation and recovery. Pope feels fit again, he can carry out his duties as planned.The planned audiences in the Vatican have been canceled as a precaution until June 18, said Matteo Bruni, spokesman for the Holy See.
Event takes place without a pope
A major peace event scheduled for Saturday in St. Peter’s Square with nearly 30 Nobel laureates and celebrities, at which a major appeal for peace will be published, has been confirmed, but the event will take place without the pope. It cannot be ruled out that the Holy Father will say the traditional Angelus prayer in the hospital on Sunday at noon – as he did in 2021 after his intestinal surgery on the balcony of the Gemelli Clinic.
The operation on the colon has fueled new concerns about the health of the Argentine, who celebrated the tenth anniversary of his pontificate on March 13 and has been struggling with health problems for some time. At the end of March, Francis had to undergo clinical treatment for pneumonia. He then spent three days in the hospital. Due to his serious knee problems, he often has to come to appointments in a wheelchair.
withdrawal is not excluded
In recent interviews, Francis had not ruled out the possibility of resigning due to health problems. A resignation can come from “fatigue, which prevents you from seeing things clearly,” he said in a recent interview. The biggest problem for him is his limited mobility due to knee problems. This is a “physical humiliation”. He was ashamed to appear in front of the public in a wheelchair. In February, he had stressed that resigning “is not on my plan at the moment”.
Source: Krone
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