Pope Francis was to undergo an operation on a painful abdominal hernia on Wednesday , reviving concerns over the 86-year-old's increasingly fragile health.
Pope Francis looked in good spirits as he led his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, waving to the gathered crowds as he did a round of St Peter's Square in his popemobile.Pope Francis is suffering from an incisional hernia, which can form over a scar from a previous surgery, the Vatican said.
The Vatican said it would not release any further updates until after the operation, which began at 2pm GMT according to Italian media reports.Afterwards,"if there are things that need deciding, urgent things, they will be taken to the pope in hospital," said Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.The pope had briefly visited the Gemelli on Tuesday for what the Vatican called"clinical tests".
In July 2021, he underwent surgery at Gemelli for a type of diverticulitis, an inflammation of small bulges or pockets that can develop in the lining of the intestine.
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