Pope is walking and eating, tests good after surgery- Vatican

Pope Francis’ progress following intestinal surgery is going normally, and he slept well and got up to walk, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

The results of routine tests were good, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

He said in a statement that the pope also had breakfast and read several newspapers.

The 84-year-old pope underwent a three-hour operation on Sunday night known as a left hemicolectomy, a procedure in which one side of the colon is removed.

He is expected to stay in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for seven days barring any complications.

Francis timed the surgery for the start of July, a month in which he traditionally slows down, cancelling all public and private audiences.

His only public commitments in July are his Sunday blessings in St. Peter’s Square.

It was still not clear if he would leave the hospital in time to recite it at the Vatican this Sunday or if he would preside from his window at the Gemelli, which the late Pope John Paul II did several times.

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