He Pope Francisco came out Gemelli Hospital in Rome this Friday after being hospitalized for ten days for surgery to remove a hernia caused by a scar from a previous intervention, which he overcame without complications.

After being discharged, he told reporters waiting for him at the door of the hospital: “I’m still alive.” He also expressed his “pain for the migrants” who died in Mediterranean Sea in the last hours.

According to the press service Vatican, he prayed Angelus on Sunday, and hearings for the next few days are confirmed on his agenda. Sunday prayer will be the first public event since his hospitalization. However, he does not plan to celebrate the general audience on Wednesday, June 21, which is “cancelled to ensure the post-operative recovery of the Holy Father.”

Shortly after 10 am and before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis paid a private visit to the nuns of the monastery. Maria Santissima Bambina Institute that “they gathered in their common chapter to greet the police and thank them for their service.”

In addition, during his hospitalization, Francisco returned to visit the children admitted to the Department of Pediatric Oncology and Neurosurgery on the tenth floor of the hospital. Polyclinic Gemelli, where he recovered from the operation. Yesterday he dined with the medical staff, nurses and assistants who have been helping him in the hospital since his admission on June 7th.

The recovery of 86-year-old Francisco is satisfactory, and this Friday he resumes his work in the Vatican. The Prefecture of the Papal Court has canceled the entire agenda of the Pope, scheduled until next Sunday, 18 June.