(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, JUL 19 - Pope Francis on Monday thanked the Rome hospital where he had a colon op two weeks ago saying he had felt at home there.
Francis wrote a letter to the head of the Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Carlo Fratta Pasini, saying "like in a family I touched with my hand a fraternal welcome and a cordial care, which made me feel at home".
The Gemelli Hospital is habitually used by popes.
Saint John Paul II had several operations there. (ANSA).
Pope thanks hospital, 'I felt at home'
Francis had colon surgery at Gemelli on July 4