Hospitalized Pope Francis follows Mass on TV, lunches with medical personnel and aides

The surgeon who performed the three-hour surgery Wednesday to repair an abdominal hernia and to remove painful internal scarring that had resulted from previous operations said the 86-year-old pontiff had begun a semi-liquid diet.their concerns that even if the pontiff delivered the noon public blessing and greeting from a balcony down the corridor from his hospital room, he might over-exert himself and tear a prosthetic mesh that was inserted as part of the hernia repair.

If that happened, it would require another operation. The public blessing usually takes about 15 minutes. Citing the assessment of medical personnel, Bruni said Sunday the pontiff’s recovery was proceeding normally. “He did respiratory physiotherapy and continued to be mobile,” Bruni said.

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Hospitalized Pope Francis follows Mass on TV, lunches with medical personnel and aidesPope Francis has followed his doctors' advice and skipped his customary Sunday noon public blessing as he convalesces from abdominal surgery. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the pope followed Mass on television in the morning, then prayed the noon prayer privately in a small chapel area of his private apartment in a Rome hospital. Francis then had lunch with doctors, nurses and other medical staff, as well as and members of his Vatican security detail. On Saturday, his surgeon told reporters that Francis had been advised to skip the exertion of delivering the traditional blessing and commentary from a balcony down the corridor from his hospital room.
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