Pope Francis continues to make progress after his operation but will remain in hospital for to “optimize in the best way possible the medical and rehabilitation therapy.”
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Pope Francis greets the public from hospital balcony: ‘I am glad to be able to keep the Sunday Angelus appointment’
The pope looked well and spoke strongly one week after surgery, reports Gerard O’Connell. In addition to thanking people for their prayers, he called for universal health care and condemned violence in Haiti.
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Pope Francis has ‘calm’ Friday and is ‘gradually resuming work’ after surgery
Pope Francis continues to make progress in his post-surgery recovery and celebrated Mass in a private chapel on Friday. America’s Vatican correspondent, Gerard O’Connell, reports.
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Pope Francis continues to recover well, resumes work, will recite Angelus from hospital on Sunday
Pope Francis continues to recover well from the intestinal operation he underwent on July 4. He has walked in the corridor, resumed work, celebrated Mass, and is eating regularly.
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Pope Francis suffered a temporary fever, but doctors have found no sign of infection
Pope Francis had a temporary fever last evening, July 7. But routine microbiological examinations and a CT scan of his chest and abdomen carried out this morning came back negative.
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Pope Francis suffered severe restriction of the bowel, continues to make ‘satisfactory’ progress after surgery
Part of the intestine that was removed during the pope’s surgery showed that he suffered from a “severe” restriction of the bowel. America’s Vatican correspondent, Gerard O’Connell, provides an update.
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Pope Francis’ recovery going well, results of post-op tests are good, doctors say
Pope Francis continues to recover after his intestinal operation on Sunday evening but wishes to keep media coverage of his hospital stay succinct and low-key, reports Gerard O’Connell.
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Pope Francis ‘in good general condition’ after surgery, expected to remain in hospital for one week
Pope Francis, 84, underwent a pre-planned surgery for a restriction of the sigmoid portion of the large intestine at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome this Sunday afternoon.
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Vatican Tribunal sends Cardinal Becciu and nine others for trial for misuse of Vatican funds
A trial of this nature and dimension has no precedent in the history of the Vatican in the modern era.
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Pope Francis: Lebanese political leaders should work for peace — not their own interests
“Lebanon cannot be left prey to the course of events or those who pursue their own unscrupulous interests,” Pope Francis said on the day of prayer and reflection for peace in Lebanon.