What about Pope Francis' state of health? © Andrew Medichini/AP
The head of the Church will spend the next few days in a clinic. It is necessary to perform an urgent operation. It is also clear what kind of intervention it is.
Rome - Pope Francis must undergo an urgent operation. On the head of the Catholic Church, a so-called laparotomy, i.e. the opening of the abdominal cavity, will be carried out in the afternoon, as the Holy See announced. The procedure is carried out under general anesthesia and then results in a hospital stay of "several days". Dpa