{"id":175548,"date":"2023-06-08T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=175548"},"modified":"2023-06-08T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:22:11","slug":"prayers-for-popes-recovery-as-he-recuperates-from-surgery-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/prayers-for-popes-recovery-as-he-recuperates-from-surgery-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for Pope&#8217;s Recovery as He Recuperates from Surgery in Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2914870043\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Pope Francis awoke Thursday\u00a0after a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, problems that developed following previous surgeries.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1079522220\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe night went well,\u201d Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement early Thursday, adding further updates would be released later.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sergio Alfieri, director of abdominal and endocrine sciences at Rome\u2019s Gemelli hospital, said Wednesday\u2019s\u00a0operation was\u00a0successful\u00a0and there were no complications\u00a0or other pathologies discovered.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3029403294\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" 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height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Alfieri, who also removed part of Francis\u2019 colon in 2021, told an evening press conference that the pope was awake, alert and even joking.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1679299204\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen will we do the third one?\u201d he quoted Francis as saying.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_27396253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27396253\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27396253\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Vatican_Pope_Surgery_Explainer_25632-452ed.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A spokesperson for Pope Francis said \u201cthe night went well\u201d following his surgical procedure. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" data-modal-image=\"27396253\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27396253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spokesperson for Pope Francis said \u201cthe night went well\u201d following his surgical procedure. AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>The pontiff was expected to remain in the 10th floor papal suite at Gemelli for several days, and all papal audiences were canceled through June 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican was expected to provide a medical update later Thursday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2012182396\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The operation was scheduled after Francis had complained about increasing bouts of pain and intestinal blockages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_27396219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27396219\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27396219\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Vatican_Pope_Surgery_32907-ea448.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, left, speaks to reporters about Pope Francis' health conditions after operating on him at Rome's Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, on June 7, 2023. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" data-modal-image=\"27396219\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27396219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, left, speaks to reporters about Pope Francis\u2019 health conditions after operating on him at Rome\u2019s Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, on June 7, 2023. AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>After going to Gemelli on Tuesday for checks, Francis was admitted Wednesday following his general audience and underwent the procedure a short time later.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4246278524\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The surgery was likely scheduled now to give Francis plenty of time to recover before embarking on planned travel later this summer: an Aug. 2-6 trip to Portugal for World Youth Day, and an Aug. 31-Sept. 4\u00a0trip to Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, doctors removed adhesions, or internal scarring, on the intestine that had caused a partial blockage.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3024652829\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_27396234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27396234\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27396234\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/2023-06-08T054756Z_977352789_RC2SE1AMSGLR_RTRMADP_3_POPE-HEALTH.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A general view of the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized is shown in Rome, Italy, on June 8, 2023.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-modal-image=\"27396234\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27396234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A general view of the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized is shown in Rome, Italy, on June 8, 2023. REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>Alfieri revealed that in addition to the 2021 colon surgery, Francis had undergone previous abdominal surgeries sometime before 2013 in his native Argentina, which had also caused scarring.<\/p>\n<p>To repair the hernia that had formed over a previous scar, a prosthetic mesh was placed in the abdominal wall, Alfieri said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the pope was suffering from no other pathologies, that the tissue removed was benign and that after he recovers, he should be fine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_27396220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27396220\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27396220\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Vatican_Pope_whos_In_Charge_53446-92b26.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pope Francis recently attended his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on June 7, 2023.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-modal-image=\"27396220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27396220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis recently attended his weekly general audience in St. Peter\u2019s Square at The Vatican, on June 7, 2023. AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>A feared protrusion, or bulging of the intestine through the hernia tear, was apparently not found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears they operated on him in a timely fashion with no compromise to his intestine,\u201d said Dr. Walter Longo, chief of colon and rectal surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, who did not participate in the surgery and commented after consulting the Vatican statement on the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In July 2021, Francis\u00a0spent 10 days\u00a0at Gemelli to remove 13 inches of his large intestine.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Associated Press in January, Francis said the diverticulosis, or bulges in his intestinal wall, that prompted that surgery had returned.<\/p>\n<p>After that surgery, Francis lamented that he hadn\u2019t responded well to the general anesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>That reaction in part explained his refusal to have surgery to repair strained knee ligaments that have forced him to use a wheelchair and walker for over a year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Alfieri said Francis had no clinically adverse reactions to the anesthesia in 2021 or Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly no one likes to be operated on and put to sleep because the moment we\u2019re put under, we lose consciousness,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there was no physiological problem two years ago or today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Manish Chand, a professor of surgery at University College London who specializes in colorectal surgery, said the greatest issue going forward will be pain management and making sure the wound heals properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first six weeks after this type of surgery, you\u2019re at risk of getting a recurrence again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid that, patients are advised not to do anything strenuous.<\/p>\n<p>Source: NY Post<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2 td_block_template_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-990684684\" class=\"antig-paragraph-12\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2 td_block_template_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-990684684\" class=\"antig-paragraph-12\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2 td_block_template_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-990684684\" class=\"antig-paragraph-12\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1049806504\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis awoke Thursday\u00a0after a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, problems that developed following previous surgeries. \u201cThe night went well,\u201d Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement early Thursday, adding further updates would be released later. 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