The pope has been sleeping well at night and his recovery was going smoothly, according to daily updates from Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
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Satellite carrying Pope Francis’ message of hope launched into space
Once deployed into orbit, the microsatellite was set to transmit papal messages of hope and peace in English, Italian and Spanish that any amateur radio receiver should be able to pick up.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Surgeon: Pope Francis will not recite the Angelus on Sunday
Pope Francis’ recovery from the operation for an incisional hernia is “progressing well,” but on the advice of his doctors, he will not recite the midday Angelus in public from Gemelli Hospital on Sunday.
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Pope Francis thanks children for the love and drawings they have given him while he recovers from surgery
Rome’s Gemelli hospital shared photographs of some drawings, cards and crafts that children and young adults recovering in its pediatric oncology ward had sent to Pope Francis during his recovery.
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What happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious? Nothing.
The Vatican has governance norms when a pope resigns or dies, but none of those regulations apply to a sick, unconscious or hospitalized pope.
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A look inside the Vatican meeting that brought Pope Francis and Martin Scorsese together
What happens when 70 artists and writers come together to discuss the Catholic imagination?
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Podcast: What we know about Pope Francis’ hospitalization and hernia surgery
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, hosts Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the pope’s recent hospitalization to undergo surgery for a hernia causing intestinal blockage.
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‘Do not be afraid, we are with you!’: Four kids in children’s hospital send Pope Francis a get-well card
Four children from Bambino Gesú Children’s Hospital in Rome sent a colorful drawing to the pope, depicting him in a hospital bed, with the message, “Do not be afraid, we are with you!”
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Surgeon: Pope Francis is ‘alert’ and cracking jokes after hernia operation
“Pope Francis is alert and conscious and [sends] thanks for the many messages of closeness and prayers that have reached him immediately,” said Dr. Sergio Alfieri.
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Pope Francis’ 3-hour abdominal surgery finished ‘without complications’
“The surgery on the pope has finished,” the Vatican press office said in a statement on the evening of June 7. “It was done without complications, and lasted three hours.”