Whole Italian people is with you Mattarella tells pope

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - "The whole Italian people is with you", President Sergio Mattarella told Pope Francis in a message sent from Paris while the pontiff was undergoing abdominal surgery in Rome Wednesday.
    "Your Holiness, in view of your admission to the Policlinico Gemelli, I would like to send you my best wishes for the positive outcome of the operation you will undergo this afternoon. The whole Italian people is close to you with sentiments of affection and solidarity, which I make fully my own. You can count at this moment, in addition to the prayers of the Catholic faithful, on the sympathetic thoughts of countless people, believers and non-believers alike," said the Italian head of State in a message during his visit to Paris.
    "I renew to Your Holiness the most sincere wish for a serene convalescence, and for a speedy and complete recovery." (ANSA).