Pope Francis awoke Thursday after a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, problems that ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis drank liquids, received the Eucharist and even made a brief phone call Thursday on his first full day recovering from a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue ...

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ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Pope Francis' was in “good general condition” Thursday, alert and breathing on his own, following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and ...