Rome: Pope Francis was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery planned to eliminate half the large intestine.
The Associated Press journalist saw the car carrying Francis, 84, leaving the Roma Gemelli Polytechnic Hospital on Wednesday morning.
He sat in the front passenger seat.
Francis has half of the intestine of his large intestine to narrow his large intestine on July 4th, his first major operation since he became a Pope in 2013.
It is a planned procedure, scheduled for early July when the suspended and Francis whale audience will usually take time.
Francis will have a few more weeks to recover before starting traveling again in September.
There was a plan for him to visit Hungary and Slovakia on the September 12-15 trip, and then stopped quickly at Glasgow, Scotland, in November to participate in the COP26 climate conference.
Other travel might also be reviewed.
The Vatican initially said Francis could be discarded last weekend, but then said he would stay a few extra days for further recovery and rehabilitation therapy.
The Pope appeared for the first time in public since the operation on Sunday, looking for a good form when he delivered his weekly prayer from the 10th floor hospital balcony, surrounded by young cancer patients.
He used the opportunity to call for free health care for all.
On Tuesday afternoon, his release night, he visited Ward Pediatric Cancer, located on the same floor as the Pope Hospital suite.
Pope Argentina has a part of one lungs moved when he was young but had enjoyed relatively strong health.