“The night went well,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement early Thursday, adding further updates would be released later.
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, director of abdominal and endocrine sciences at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, said Wednesday’sAlfieri, who also removed part of Francis’ colon in 2021, told an evening press conference that the pope was awake, alert and even joking.A spokesperson for Pope Francis said “the night went well” following his surgical procedure.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.
During the operation, doctors removed adhesions, or internal scarring, on the intestine that had caused a partial blockage. 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. 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.
However, Alfieri said Francis had no clinically adverse reactions to the anesthesia in 2021 or Wednesday.
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