Pope Francis on the way to address his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on March 29, 2023.
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Pope Francis will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said in a statement.
It added that his medical team had decided in recent days that surgery was required and that he was expected to stay in hospital for a few days to recover.
