The 84-year-old pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since Sunday, when he underwent planned surgery for an inflammation of the colon.
In the afternoon, the pope sent his “affectionate greetings” to young patients in the nearby paediatric oncology and children’s neurosurgery wards.
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