Pope Francis issued a message for the first time since undergoing abdominal surgery, asking the faithful to “keep me in your prayers.'
“I sincerely appreciate the prayers and numerous expressions of closeness and affection received in the past few days,” the Pontiff said in a tweet posted Friday. “I am praying for everyone, especially those who suffer. I ask you to keep me in your prayers,” he added. The pope remains in Rome’s Gemelli hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery on Wednesday. His health is improving, according to a Vatican statement issued earlier Friday.
” “The Holy Father is without a fever, the hemodynamic parameters are normal, he has suspended the drips and continued to feed on a liquid diet,” Bruni said in the statement. On Friday afternoon, the pope “gathered in prayer and devoted himself to work” and in the evening he received the Eucharist, Bruni said.
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