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Pope Francis at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square June 7, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA).The Vatican said Wednesday evening that Pope Francis is out of surgery and that the abdominal operation he underwent "took place without complications."The 86-year-old pope will remain in Rome s Gemelli Hospital for several days to recover after the surgery, according to the Vatican s spokesman.In a surgery lasting three hours, Pope Francis underwent a laparotomy and abdominal wall reconstruction using prosthetic materials in the early afternoon of June 7.The operation under general anesthesia was planned by the pope s medical team in recent days after it became necessary due to a hernia that was causing recurrent, painful, and worsening symptoms, according to Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office.The surgery attempted to repair an incisional hernia, a type of abdominal wall hernia at the site of a previous su
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