Pope Francis to Undergo Colon Surgery It is the first time that Francis has been admitted to a hospital since becoming pope in 2013.
Pope Francis delivering prayers on Sunday morning from the window of his study at the Vatican.Credit...Andreas Solaro/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images By Elisabetta Povoledo July 4, 2021Updated 1:11 p.m. ET ROME — The Vatican announced on Sunday that Pope Francis had been admitted to a hospital in Rome for colon surgery. Matteo Bruni, a Vatican spokesman, said in a statement that Francis, 84, had been taken to the Gemelli hospital in the Italian capital. Mr. Bruni said the “scheduled surgery” would take place later on Sunday, and noted that a medical bulletin would be issued afterward. He said that the pope had “symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon.” The surgery would be performed by Dr. Sergio Alfieri, who heads the hospital’s complex operational unit for digestive surgery, the Vatican said. It is the first time that Francis has been admitted to a hospital since becoming pope in 2013. Unlike his predecessors, he has never left the Vatican for the cooler papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, during the summer. He normally slows down his schedule in July. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/world/europe/pope-francis-surgery.html -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ See a different Goa here, via _/ https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
