Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and MARIA CHENG (Associated Press) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove intestinal ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest maladies to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest maladies to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who ...

ROME — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest maladies to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had ...