Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's
Gemelli hospital on Wednesday after his weekly general audience
in St Peter's Square, Holy See Press Office Director Matteo
Bruni.
Bruni added that the Argentine pontiff would have "a laparotomy
and abdominal wall plastic surgery with prosthesis under general
anaesthesia" later on Wednesday and that his stay in hospital
would last for several days.
He said that the operation was needed because of a "incarcerated
laparocele hernia that is causing recurrent, painful and
worsening subocclusive syndromes".
The leader of the Catholic Church spent three days in the
hospital from March 29 to April 1 following a respiratory
infection and had a check-up there on Tuesday.
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