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Published: July 17, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has surgery after breaking wrist in a fall
ARIEL DAVID, LUCA BRUNO AP Writers
AOSTA, Italy — Doctors say Pope Benedict XVI will have to stay in a cast for a month after breaking his right wrist in a fall in his chalet while vacationing in the Italian Alps .

Pierluigi Berti , the director of the Umberto Parini hospital in Aosta, said doctors had successfully performed a 20-minute operation and the pope would be released later Friday.

The surgery was performed under local anesthe...

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