Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital for surgery on his intestine
The ANSA news agency said Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday morning for checks.
Witnesses at the Vatican's Perugino gate, one of the main entrances to the city state, told The Associated Press that Francis returned to the Vatican a short while later, and greeted guards as he usually does.Initially, the Vatican said he had gone in for scheduled tests, but the pontiff later revealed he had felt pain in his chest and was rushed to the hospital where bronchitis was diagnosed.The Argentine pope had part of one lung removed when he was a young man.
His next public appointment, if confirmed, would be his weekly general audience on Wednesday in St Peter's Square.
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