Pope Francis discharged from hospital

Pope Francis has left the hospital. He had bowel surgery ten days ago, AP writes.

According to eyewitnesses, the 84-year-old Pope left Rome in a hospital car in the morning.

On Sunday, the Pope recited a weekly prayer from the balcony of a hospital in Rome, a facility where he was undergoing postoperative rehabilitation.

The Pope was at Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic for treatment of "symptomatic diverticulosis stenosis" of the large intestine. A 10-man brigade carried out the operation.