Pope Benedict XVI has surgery after breaking wrist in a fall
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 anest...
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