VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is alert, breathing without assistance, and in a good overall condition following intestinal surgery, while expected to stay in hospital for seven days barring any complications, the Vatican said on Monday.
Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that the 84-year-old pope’s operation on Sunday night, by a 10-person surgical team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, had lasted about three hours.
Francis underwent the scheduled surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon, a condition in which sac-like pouches protrude from the muscular layer of the colon, leading it to become narrow.
In addition to causing pain, the condition, w…
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