Pope Francis is back in the hospital for surgery on a hernia that likely formed on the scar from his 2021 colon operation.

Also in this episode: A nude man protests in St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi visits Ukraine to begin Pope Francis’ peace mission, and Benedict XVI’s secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, is given a deadline to move out of the Vatican.

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