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Candles with the image of Pope Francis are left at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, June 9, 2023, where Francis is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Wednesday. The Vatican says Pope Francis has had a second good night in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope, upon doctor’s advice, to skip Sunday public blessing; surgeon says recovery absolutely normal

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis appears on a balcony of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he was recovering from intestinal surgery, for the traditional Sunday blessing and Angelus prayer. The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia for the procedure Wednesday afternoon, June 07, 2023, and would be hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli hospital for several days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) **FILE**

What kind of surgery did Pope Francis have, and why?

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Pope Francis is greeted by hospital staff as he sits in a wheelchair inside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he was hospitalized for intestine surgery. Pope Francis went to the hospital Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to undergo abdominal surgery to treat an intestinal blockage, two years after he had his colon removed 33 centimeters (13 inches) because of inflammation and narrowing of the large intestine. (Vatican Media via AP, file)

A look at Pope Francis’ health over the years

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Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

By Nicole Winfield and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Pope Francis attends a Pentecostal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Pope Francis has made a quick trip to the hospital for tests, it was announced Tuesday, June 6. The visit comes more than two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Pope Francis briefly in hospital for scheduled tests two months after bronchitis, returns to Vatican

By Paolo Santalucia and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Rev. Andrew Small, a British-born Oblate of the Mary Immaculate priest, CEO of Missio Corp. speaks during a press conference at The Vatican, Saturday, March 25, 2023. The Vatican is seeking clarity after the former director of its U.S. missionary fundraising office oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million of its donations into a new non-profit and private equity fund that he created. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he attends the world's first meeting of the "Educational Eco-Cities" promoted by the "Scholas Occurrentes," at the Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis runs fever, skips meetings, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

This image made available by Vatican News shows Pope Francis meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a private audience at The Vatican, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Francis recently said that the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia. (Vatican News via AP)

Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican and seeks backing for Ukraine’s peace plan

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis meets the journalists during a press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his pastoral visit to Hungary, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Vincenzo Pinto/Pool Photo Via AP)

Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

People wait Pope Francis outside the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Pontiff is in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Pope visits refugees, urges Hungary to show charity to all

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Bishop Lucas van Looy, foreground, attends the opening of the15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Pope Francis said Sunday, May 29, 2022 he has tapped 21 churchmen to become cardinals, most of them from continents other than Europe, which has dominated Catholic hierarchy for most of the church's history. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Next Vatican Synod to have women, lay members as voters

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he celebrates the Reigna Coeli noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis hopes to visit native Argentina next year

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Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis sits on the popemobile on his way to the altar to celebrate the Palm Sunday's mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023 a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Basilica after celebrating the Chrism Mass where the chrism, the oil of the catechumens and the oil of the sick are consecrated, and all the priests renew the promises made on the day of their ordination, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope leads Holy Thursday service in Vatican basilica

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves from his car as he arrives at The Vatican, Saturday, April 1, 2023, after receiving treatment at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital for bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis, recovering from bronchitis, to leave hospital, attend Holy Week events

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis meets children at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Pope Francis to leave hospital on Saturday, eats pizza

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Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope showing ‘marked improvement,’ could leave hospital soon

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis hugs a child at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled tests

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