in st. peters square. he led the prayers and then had this scheduled procedure and seems to be doing well? reporter: yeah, absolutely, christine. we re told we re supposed to expect a brief medical bulletin on the pope s condition around noon rome time so about a half-hour from now. but this is really a case in which no news is good news. if there was some dramatic turn for the worse we would have heard. instead all indications are that the surgery went well, the pope is responding well to the treatment. and, you know, it is striking, i think, that this happened. as you said not only right after the pope held his normal sunday midday blessing but also after the vatican confirmed that the pope is intending to travel to hungry, and slovakia in september. i think pope francis obviously seems determined not to be slowed down by this. as i ve always said, this is the