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On Sunday evening, Pope Francis underwent surgery for a colon condition called “symptomatic stenotic diverticulitis.” The elective surgery, performed at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, lasted about three hours, according to a statement by the…

Pope Francis waves during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI room in the Vatican on October 14, 2020.Alberto Pizzoli | AFP | Getty ImagesPope Francis was operated on Sunday in a Roman hospital for an abnormal narrowing of his…

Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, attends an interfaith prayer service for peace with other religious representatives at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, a church on the Capitoline Hill of Rome in Rome, Italy, on October 20,…