On October 14, 2020, Pope Francis waves during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Getty Images | Alberto Pizzoli | AFP Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital on Sunday for planned surgery for an abnormal constriction of the 84-year-old Roman Catholic leader’s big intestine, according to the Vatican. In a statement, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See’s press office, said, “This afternoon His Holiness Pope Francis proceeded to the A. Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where he will have a scheduled surgery for a symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon.” Stenosis is a narrowing of the arteries. “Prof. Sergio Alfieri will do the procedure. A fresh medical bulletin will be issued at the conclusion of the surgery “Bruni explained. In February 2013, the Argentine-born Roman Catholic Pope was elected as the first pope from the Americas. He replaced Benedict XVI, a German-born pope who stepped down due to increasing age. Francis’ admission to the hospital was announced just hours after he made a public visit in St. Peter’s Square in front of thousands of people. Francis had requested for particular prayers for himself at the same regular presentation there a week ago. He indicated he expects to visit Hungary and Slovakia in September during that earlier occasion. This article was written with the help of the Associated Press./n
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