Pope Francis Extends Hospital Stay for Surgery Recovery
10 Jul 2021
ROME, Italy The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis will not be back in the Vatican on Sunday as planned but will deliver his weekly Angelus message from the Gemelli Hospital, where he is recovering from intestinal surgery.
The pope went into the hospital for colon surgery last Sunday, after which papal spokesman Matteo Bruni said the pontiff was expected “to remain in hospital for approximately seven days, barring any complications.”
On Friday, Bruni revealed that Francis will still be in hospital on Sunday, at least through midday.
“Next Sunday the Angelus will be recited from the tenth floor of the ‘A. Gemelli’ University Hospital,” Bruni said in a separate statement Friday.
Pope Francis delivers prayer from hospital window in his first public appearance after surgery
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The pope is at Rome s Gemelli University Hospital this week after undergoing a July 4 operation to remove part of his colon.
His hospital room is on the 10th floor of the sprawling polyclinic in a wing reserved for papal medical emergencies. The pope s medical suite can be identified from the street by its five large windows covered by white blinds.
It is the same room where John Paul II stayed during many of his hospital treatments, including for a colon surgery in 1992 and his hospitalization after being shot in an assassination attempt in 1981.
John Paul II famously delivered his Sunday Angelus address from the hospital window.