Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jun 9, 2023 / 05:18 am (CNA).Pope Francis is "steadily improving" two days after he underwent abdominal surgery to correct an incisional hernia, a Vatican spokesman said Friday.According to Matteo Bruni, the pope rested during the night and on the morning of June 9 was able to eat breakfast and move from his hospital bed to an armchair."The medical team reports that the clinical picture is steadily improving and the post-operative progress is normal," he said in a brief statement released shortly before 1:00 p.m. Rome time.He added that Pope Francis was able to read the newspaper and do some work.Francis underwent a three-hour surgery for an incisional hernia on June 7. A team of surgeons removed scar tissue and operated on a hernia in the pope's abdominal wall at the site of a previous surgical incision.Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the pope's main surgeon, said at a press conf...