Pope Francis assured that during his recent operation a nurse 'saved his life'

08/30/2021 7:28 AM

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Updated 08/30/2021 9:02 AM

Pope Francis

revealed that a male nurse "saved his life"

during his recent colon operation, and that it was the second time that had happened.

The pontiff did not clarify whether the nurse's intervention occurred during the operation or before at the Vatican.

In a brief excerpt from an interview with Spanish radio COPE, which will be broadcast next Wednesday, the pope is heard joking about his health by

replying that he is "still alive

.

"

Francisco was operated on July 4 for a "severe diverticular stenosis with signs of sclerosing diverticulitis" and had to spend 10 days in the Gemelli hospital in Rome, before continuing his recovery at the Vatican.

In turn, he affirmed that a nurse had already saved his life in 1957. It was an Italian nun who, opposing the doctors, changed the medication that they had to give the pope, then a young seminarian, to cure him of the disease. pneumonia that he suffered, according to Francisco has counted on several occasions.

In the interview, Francis also regretted that "whenever the Pope is ill there is a

breeze or a

conclave

hurricane

," in response to rumors about an alleged resignation after the colon operation he underwent on July 4.

"Whenever the Pope is ill, there is a breeze or a conclave hurricane," said the 84-year-old pontiff, in statements to the radio of the Spanish episcopate,

Cope.

The conclave is the name of the meeting of cardinals under the age of 80 who

elect a new pope

in the Sistine Chapel before the resignation or death of the pontiff.

The Pope thus referred to rumors about his eventual step aside at the end of the year, when he will turn 85, launched by conservative sectors of the Italian press based on an alleged worsening of his health after the colon operation.

Last week, the right-wing daily "Libero", which is campaigning against Bergoglio in which it claims that his predecessor Benedict XVI, in reality, did not resign from the pontificate, assured in its pages that there are rumors of Conclave to say goodbye to the current Dad.

Agencies

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