Pope Francis pictured on June 30 arriving for his weekly general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican. Photo / APPope Francis was hospitalised in Rome on Sunday afternoon for scheduled surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican said. Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to recite the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square on July 4. A cameraman films the exterior of Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis has been hospitalised. A police van is parked at the entrance of Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis has been hospitalised for a scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 04, 2021 17:48 UTC