Pope Recovering from Surgery, Advised Not to Speak

ROME (Reuters) - Pope John Paul (news - web sites) spent a restful night in hospital after throat surgery and is now breathing unassisted, but doctors have advised him not to speak for several days, his spokesman said on Friday.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the Pontiff's heart and blood circulation remained good and he had no bronchial pneumonia infection -- a possible complication of the tracheotomy performed on him on Thursday to ease his breathing problems.

Please keep the Holy Father in your prayers. Tonight as many attend Stations of the Cross, offer those prayers for Pope John Paul that, if it be God's will, the Holy Father might make a full recovery.

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