Pope Francis.Photo: AYMAN HENNA/AFP via GettyPope Francisis in “good general health” after undergoing a three-hour colon surgery on Sunday, according to Vatican officials.“His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own,” said Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office in a statement on Monday.The statement revealed that the head of the Catholic Church, 84, will remain at Rome’s Gemelli Policlinic for at least a week barring any complications from the three-hour operation.According to Italian news agencyANSA, Italian Premier Mario Draghi expressed “affectionate wishes of a rapid convalescence and a speedy recovery for the Holy Father after the operation.“The Pope was first transported to Gemelli Policlinic for the scheduled procedure after Sunday’s Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square.“Performing the surgery is Prof. Sergio Alfieri. Dr. Alfieri is in the hospital’s Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and heads the Digestive Surgery Complex Operational Unit. He is specialized in general, digestive, colon-rectal, stomach, and pancreatic surgery,” Bruni noted.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.This is not the Pope’s first health scare. He opened up aboutnearly dying from the fluat age 21 in his 2020 bookLet Us Dream: The Path to a Better Futureabout navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.“When I got really sick at the age of twenty-one I had my first experience of limit, of pain and loneliness. It changed the way I saw life,” Pope Francis wrote. “For months, I didn’t know who I was, and whether I would live or die. The doctors had no idea whether I’d make it either.”
Pope Francis.Photo: AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty
Pope Francisis in “good general health” after undergoing a three-hour colon surgery on Sunday, according to Vatican officials.“His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own,” said Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office in a statement on Monday.The statement revealed that the head of the Catholic Church, 84, will remain at Rome’s Gemelli Policlinic for at least a week barring any complications from the three-hour operation.According to Italian news agencyANSA, Italian Premier Mario Draghi expressed “affectionate wishes of a rapid convalescence and a speedy recovery for the Holy Father after the operation.“The Pope was first transported to Gemelli Policlinic for the scheduled procedure after Sunday’s Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square.“Performing the surgery is Prof. Sergio Alfieri. Dr. Alfieri is in the hospital’s Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and heads the Digestive Surgery Complex Operational Unit. He is specialized in general, digestive, colon-rectal, stomach, and pancreatic surgery,” Bruni noted.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.This is not the Pope’s first health scare. He opened up aboutnearly dying from the fluat age 21 in his 2020 bookLet Us Dream: The Path to a Better Futureabout navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.“When I got really sick at the age of twenty-one I had my first experience of limit, of pain and loneliness. It changed the way I saw life,” Pope Francis wrote. “For months, I didn’t know who I was, and whether I would live or die. The doctors had no idea whether I’d make it either.”
Pope Francisis in “good general health” after undergoing a three-hour colon surgery on Sunday, according to Vatican officials.
“His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own,” said Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office in a statement on Monday.
The statement revealed that the head of the Catholic Church, 84, will remain at Rome’s Gemelli Policlinic for at least a week barring any complications from the three-hour operation.
According to Italian news agencyANSA, Italian Premier Mario Draghi expressed “affectionate wishes of a rapid convalescence and a speedy recovery for the Holy Father after the operation.”
The Pope was first transported to Gemelli Policlinic for the scheduled procedure after Sunday’s Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square.
“Performing the surgery is Prof. Sergio Alfieri. Dr. Alfieri is in the hospital’s Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and heads the Digestive Surgery Complex Operational Unit. He is specialized in general, digestive, colon-rectal, stomach, and pancreatic surgery,” Bruni noted.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
This is not the Pope’s first health scare. He opened up aboutnearly dying from the fluat age 21 in his 2020 bookLet Us Dream: The Path to a Better Futureabout navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When I got really sick at the age of twenty-one I had my first experience of limit, of pain and loneliness. It changed the way I saw life,” Pope Francis wrote. “For months, I didn’t know who I was, and whether I would live or die. The doctors had no idea whether I’d make it either.”
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