LONG PROFILE: Pope Francis in hospital for check-up, has agenda cleared, source says

Record ID: 1717719

  • Title: LONG PROFILE: Pope Francis in hospital for check-up, has agenda cleared, source says
  • Date: 8th March 2023
  • Summary: VATICAN CITY (FILE - JULY 2, 2022) (REUTERS) POPE FRANCIS ENTERING ROOM WALKING ALONE WITH CANE BEING GREETED BY REUTERS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT PHILIP PULLELLA, PULLELLA ASKING (Italian): "How are you?" (Lei come sta?) / POPE REPLIES (Italian): "Still alive" (Ancora vivo) / POPE IS PRESENTED WITH CAKE BAKED BY PULLELLA'S WIFE POPE FRANCIS' HAND (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE FRA
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 2023 13:58
  • Keywords: POPE FRANCIS VATICAN
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA018800101011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Pope Francis has gone to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a previously scheduled check-up, his spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief statement on Wednesday (29 March), giving no further information.
    A Vatican source said the pope's diary was being cleared to allow for medical tests to continue.
    The website of Corriere della Sera said the pope was taken to hospital by ambulance after he had suffered "heart problems".
    The 86-year-old pope earlier in the day attended the weekly general audience at the Vatican and appeared in good health.
    Pope Francis suffers from diverticulitis, a condition that can infect or inflame the colon, and had an operation at the Gemelli hospital in 2021 to remove part of his colon.
    Earlier this year, he said the condition had returned and that it was causing him to put on weight, but that he was not overly concerned.
    He did not elaborate.
    He also has a problem with his knee and alternates between using a cane and a wheelchair in his public appearances.
    (Production: Oriana Boselli, Gabriele Pileri, Fabiano Franchitti)
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