The Vatican Press Office released a statement describing Pope Francis' second day in Rome's Gemelli Hospital as restful and that his postoperative recovery is on track.
To mark the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Pope received the Eucharist. But otherwise, he was fed a water diet.
Pope Francis has received many messages of prayer and well-wishes. He was particularly moved by a poster made by the family of the little boy he baptized in March when the Pope had been hospitalized with bronchitis.
MARCELA PARIONA
I never, ever thought that the Pope was going to tell me that he wanted to baptize him.
The Pope thanked the family with a brief phone call.
He also received a poster from some of the children hospitalized in Gemelli, expressing their solidarity with him.
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