“The pope is well. He’s better than before.”
Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring, with his surgeon saying the pontiff is now “better than before” the hospitalization.
In the brief distance before he could reach the white Fiat 500, reporters thrust microphones practically at his face, and the pontiff seemed to bat them away, good-naturedly. Pope Francis greets people on the day of his discharge from Gemelli hospital in Rome, Italy, on June 16, 2023.AP
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