{"id":370554,"date":"2021-07-05T08:02:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T07:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=370554"},"modified":"2021-07-05T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T07:11:21","slug":"pope-francis-responding-well-after-scheduled-intestinal-surgery-at-rome-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=370554","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis &#8216;responding well&#8217; after scheduled intestinal surgery at Rome hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\">Pope Francis is &#8220;responding well&#8221; after surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican has said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the stenosis surgery was done under general anaesthesia but he gave no details about how long it lasted or how long the pope would remain in Rome&#8217;s Gemelli hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican earlier said that the procedure had been scheduled and was not prompted by an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>It came just hours after <strong>the head of the Catholic church<\/strong> greeted the crowds in <strong>St Peter&#8217;s Square<\/strong> and delivered mass, as per his usual Sunday tradition, and told those gathered he would be visiting Hungary and Slovakia in September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/21\/07\/768x432\/skynews-rome-pope-hospital_5437099.jpg?20210704165547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/21\/07\/384x216\/skynews-rome-pope-hospital_5437099.jpg?20210704165547 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/21\/07\/768x432\/skynews-rome-pope-hospital_5437099.jpg?20210704165547 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/21\/07\/1600x900\/skynews-rome-pope-hospital_5437099.jpg?20210704165547 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/21\/07\/2048x1152\/skynews-rome-pope-hospital_5437099.jpg?20210704165547 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"A police van is parked at the entrance of Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis has been hospitalized for a scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine, the Vatican said Sunday, July 4, 2021. The news came just three hours after Francis had cheerfully greeted the public in St. Peter\u2019s Square and told them he will go to Hungary and Slovakia in September. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)\"><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-article-image__caption\">\n<span class=\"sdc-article-image__caption-text\">The Pope is recovering at Rome&#8217;s Gemelli Polyclinic after his surgery. Pic: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Vatican said Pope Francis, 84, had &#8220;symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon&#8221; &#8211; a narrowing in the large intestine.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff is in generally good health, but suffers from sciatica, which gives him occasional bouts of lower back pain.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a lung removed as a child.<\/p>\n<p>The pope&#8217;s diary was more busy than usual last week, including a mass celebration on Tuesday to honour Catholic saints Peter and Paul and presiding over a special prayer later in the week at a service for Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>He also hosted an audience with US Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken on Monday, with the Pope appearing to be in good spirits throughout his engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Francis is not the first papal patient to have had surgery at the hospital, with John Paul II having a benign tumour removed in 1992.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis is &#8220;responding well&#8221; after surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican has said. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the stenosis surgery was done under general anaesthesia but he gave no details about how long it lasted or how long the pope would remain in Rome&#8217;s Gemelli hospital. 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