On Sunday, the Pope will recite the Angelus prayer "in private, evidently in his hospital room, those who want to join him spiritually in prayer can do so by following the Angelus prayer" at noon. This was said by the director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni.
"For the Pope the parameters are regular but minimal efforts are needed and consequently he has been asked to postpone the celebration of the Angelus tomorrow." Thesurgeon Sergio Alfieri, head of the team that intervened to resolve an abdominal laparocele, said today at the press point at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. The Pope is well, the operation went well, the news I received, outside of what was published" report that "the course is positive. The Pope has already expressed the desire to resume work." This was stated by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on the sidelines of the 'Not Alone' event of the Fratelli Tutti foundation with the Nobel Prizes. The discharge from the hospital "will depend on the doctors," the cardinal said in response to questions from journalists.
The Pope's audiences have been suspended until June 18 but "everything else at the moment remains standing." This was confirmed by the director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni.
"We asked the Pope to spend part of his convalescence in hospital": it is a "choice dictated by prudence" and to facilitate recovery, but "everything is going well". This was said today, at the press point at the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, by the surgeon Sergio Alfieri. "We gave the Pope a medical suggestion and he decided." The Pope "is 86 years old on his identity card, if you have the privilege of being in contact with him that man has the head of a sixty-year-old". This was said by Professor Sergio Alfieri, who operated on the Pontiff. As for the trips abroad that the Pope has already planned, the doctor reported: "When he decided to have surgery the next day," on Tuesday, June 6, when he made the first checks, "he made his calculations: in August I have to go there, in November there, I operate tomorrow, so I can respect my commitments. That's what he said." "From a medical point of view, he will be able to face better than before, all the commitments both inside and outside the Holy See," Alfieri added. "Pope Francis has no heart problem currently, Pope Francis has not had any heart problems in the past, Pope Francis has never had a cardiac ischemia or myocardial infarction. The heart is fine." This was articulated by Professor Sergio Alfieri in the briefing at the Gemelli. "Sometimes I understand that chatter feeds and can fill pages. But I tell you with medical professionalism: for the age that the Pope has, 86 years old, he has no cardiological pathologies, he has no major pathologies", "he does almost no therapy", "yes, he has a knee problem" but "he has no cardio-respiratory pathologies".
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The Pope improves, the drip suspended on Sunday the Angelus from Gemini - Chronicle
The pontiff's post-operative course at the Gemelli Polyclinic continues positively, after the bowel surgery he underwent on Wednesday. Bergoglio got out of bed was also in an armchair (ANSA)
