Pope Francis discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery in the Vatican after colon surgery

Pope Francis left the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday after the colon surgery he underwent on July 4.

The 84-year-old Argentine pontiff underwent surgery to remove part of the colon, as part of a scheduled procedure that was performed under general anesthesia.

Francisco left in a car with tinted windows, from what photographers rushing to the doors of the hospital were able to verify.

During his eleven days of hospitalization, the Pope followed international news, sent messages of condolence after the assassination of the President of Haiti and defended the right to free health care for all.

Too celebrated the Sunday Angelus from the balcony of the hospital, visited cancer patients on the 10th floor, the same where is his room and he celebrated several masses in a chapel with the doctors and the personnel who look after him.

Francois you must rest all the month of July inside the Vatican, since it does not have general audiences scheduled on Wednesdays or official meetings.

According to the agenda, he will celebrate the Angelus on Sunday from the Apostolic Palace in St. Peter’s Square.

With information from AFP

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