Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after surgery

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Pope Francis discharged from Rome He had undergone abdominal surgery nine days earlier in the hospital to repair the hernia and remove the painful scar.

Francis, 86, left in a wheelchair, smiling and waving and saying “thank you” to a crowd of well-wishers, then stood up so they could enter the small Vatican The car is waiting for him.