The head of Government’s message joins the one issued on Sunday from Paris by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who is currently on an official visit to France.

The head of State conveyed to Francis ‘the affectionate thoughts of all Italians’, along with ‘the warmest wishes for a better and faster recovery.’

Main Italian media closely follow the postoperative recovery of the Pontiff who reacted well to the surgery performed on Sunday with general anesthesia, according to the most recent official information released Sunday evening by Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office.

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