Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after surgery

Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring.

Francis, 86, left in a wheelchair, smiling and waving and saying thanks to a crowd of well-wishers, then stood up so he could get into the small Vatican car awaiting him.

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