The battle cry of Pope Francis, at 86, after being discharged from hospital: “I’m still alive!”

He Pope Francisco He left the Gemelli hospital in Rome this Friday after being hospitalized for ten days por a hernia operation Produced by a scar from a previous intervention, which was overcome without complications.

“I’m still alive!” the 86-year-old Pope declared to the journalists who were waiting for him at the doors of the hospital. Helped by a wheelchair, he smiled and greeted all the onlookers who crowded there.

As reported by the Vatican press office, the Angelus prayer on Sunday and the audiences for the next few days are confirmed on his agenda. The Sunday prayer will be the first public appointment after his hospitalization. However, he is not scheduled to celebrate the general audience on Wednesday, June 21, which “is canceled to safeguard the postoperative recovery of the Holy Father.”

During his admission, the Pope visited the children admitted to the pediatric neurosurgery and oncology service on the tenth floor of the Gemelli Polyclinic. In addition, this Thursday, he dined with the medical staff, nurses and assistants who have assisted him in the hospital since his admission on June 7. Francisco’s evolution “is satisfactory and he resumes his work activity in the Vatican,” they declare from his press office.