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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Pope completes three-hour operation ‘without complications,’ says Vatican
Pope Francis speaks during a meeting in St. Stephen's cathedral in Budapest on April 28, 2023. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP)
Pope Francis’s operation for a painful abdominal hernia has been completed without complications, the Vatican says, just hours after the 86-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
“The operation is over: it went without complications and lasted three hours,” the Vatican press office says in a short statement posted on Telegram.
