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Vatican News staff writer

杏MAP导航 Francis is recovering well after intestinal surgery he underwent on Sunday at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press office, said in his update on the 杏MAP导航 on Thursday.  It was a 鈥渜uiet day for the 杏MAP导航鈥� and his chest-abdomen CT scan was negative

鈥淗is Holiness 杏MAP导航 Francis spent a quiet day, eating and moving around independently on his own,鈥� Bruni said.  鈥淚n the afternoon he wanted to show his paternal closeness to the little patients of the nearby Pediatric Oncology and Child Neurosurgery ward, sending them his affectionate greeting."

However, Bruni said that the 杏MAP导航 had a slight fever Wednesday evening.  Thursday morning, the Holy Father  "underwent routine microbiological tests and a chest-abdomen CT scan, which was negative".

The director of the Holy See Press Office said, 鈥淭he Holy Father continues the planned treatments and oral feeding.鈥� 鈥淎t this particular moment, he turns his gaze to those who suffer, expressing his closeness to the sick, especially to those most in need of care," Bruni added.

In the afternoon on July 4, 杏MAP导航 Francis left the Vatican鈥檚 Casa Santa Marta for Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, a Catholic hospital, where in the evening he underwent a 鈥渟cheduled surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon鈥�. "Stenosis" is constriction of the intestine due to the 鈥渄iverticula鈥�, or pouches or sacs, that form on the wall of the large intestine narrowing the passage.  Following the operation Sunday evening, Bruni said the Holy Father reacted well to the surgery which was performed under general anaesthesia.