Pope Francis back at Vatican after being discharged from hospital
The 84-year-old had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013.
The 84-year-old had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013.
The announcement was made after Francis had greeted the public in St Peter’s Square.
Francis tempered his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ wishes of joy on the Christian feast day along with accounts of pain from the globe’s many armed conflicts.