From the wheelchair to the chair in the audience hall and back, the eighty-five-year-old pope was helped by nuns, Reuters reported.
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The head of the Catholic Church has long complained of pain in her right knee. Therefore, several times in recent weeks, the pope canceled the planned meeting and while others received pilgrims while sitting.
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At the beginning of the week, Pope Francis told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that doctors had recommended a small surgery. He was due on Tuesday. “I have a torn ligament, so I hope this little procedure will help me,” he said. The Vatican press service did not state whether he actually underwent it and, if so, with what result.
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Pope Francis last appeared in public in a wheelchair last year, shortly after undergoing colon surgery, the Catholic news agency reported.
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