2023-06-08 20:02:00
According to his doctors, Pope Francis is still on the road to recovery. As the Vatican reported on Thursday evening, citing the doctors treating him, his blood and respiratory values are stable. The course following the operation under general anesthesia is normal. The Pope had already taken liquid food on Thursday.
He also received the Eucharist on Thursday followingnoon, the feast of Corpus Christi. The press office also reported that the Pope had once more been in contact with a Peruvian family whose son he had baptized during his last stay in Rome’s Gemelli Clinic at the end of March. The family of little Miguel Angel sent the Pope a picture with a get well wish, following which Francis thanked the mother over the phone.
The 86-year-old church leader underwent a three-hour operation on Wednesday followingnoon. The cause was a scar hernia in the intestinal area. According to the operating doctor, Sergio Alfieri, the procedure went without any complications.
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