Recognize many messages with affection, closeness and prayer

Pope Francis thanked “for the closeness and the prayer” expressed with the “many messages and affection received in these days” as he continues to be hospitalized at the A. Gemelli polyclinic in Rome after the surgery that he has received. ‘he suffered last Sunday July 4.

The director of the press office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, reported on July 7 that “the postoperative course of His Holiness Pope Francis continues to be regular and satisfactory” and added that “he continued to eat regularly. and suspended her therapy. parenteral ”.

In addition, “definitive histologic examination confirmed severe diverticular stenosis with signs of sclerosing diverticulitis,” Bruni said.

Finally, the director of the Vatican press office underlined that “Pope Francis is moved by the many messages and affection received these days and expresses his gratitude for the closeness and the prayer”.

For his part, the personal secretary of Benedict XVI, Bishop Georg Gänswein, underlined that Pope Emeritus prays for the recovery of Pope Francis.

As reported by the Italian press and the German section of the Vatican News, the Pope Emeritus “lovingly directs his thoughts to Pope Francis and fervently prays for him.”

Gemelli doctors predict that Pope Francis, 84, will continue to be hospitalized this week.

Sunday’s operation for “diverticular stenosis” in the last part of the colon consisted of “a left hemicolectomy which lasted about three hours.”

On July 5, Matteo Bruni reported that “His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own” and the next day he added that the Pope had “rested well during the night”, had taken his breakfast, read newspapers and got up to walk in the morning, so he indicated that Pope Francis’ recovery is proceeding normally.

Colon stenosis is a condition in which part of the large intestine becomes narrower than usual. It can be dangerous if, due to its narrowness, it begins to obstruct the safe passage of food.

Saint John Paul II was also treated at Gemelli Hospital, the first time after the 1981 bombing.