Rome CNN —Pope Francis was recovering well in a Rome hospital on Thursday, the day after the 86-year-old had abdominal surgery that renewed health fears.
“This wasn’t an urgent surgery,” Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who operated on Pope Francis, said at a press conference.
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair, attended a weekly general audience at the Vatican on June 7.
Pope’s fragile healthThis operation is the latest in a series of health scares surrounding Pope Francis.
Medical sources say that the intervention was likely related to the surgery Francis underwent in 2021, which removed half of his colon.
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