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July 13, 2021 "The Holy Father continues the planned treatment and rehabilitation, which will allow him to return to the Vatican as soon as possible".



This was declared by the director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni, on the hospital course of Pope Francis at the Gemelli polyclinic. 



The Holy Father - says today's bulletin - continues the planned treatment and rehabilitation.



Among the many sick people he has met in these days, he addresses a particular thought to those who are bedridden and cannot go home: may they live this time as an opportunity, even if lived in pain, to open up with tenderness to their sick brother or sister. in the next bed, with which we share the same human frailty. 



Pope Francis has been hospitalized on the tenth floor of the Gemelli hospital since July 4 due to a colon surgery. The intervention went well, the pontiff remains under observation as required by the health protocol for operations of this type.