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| Pope breaks right wrist in fall | |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| Pope Benedict XVI has suffered a fall and broken his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy. | |
| The Vatican said the 82-year-old pontiff had accidentally slipped during the night in his chalet. | |
| However he was able to celebrate Mass in the morning in the alpine town of Aosta, before undergoing surgery to re-align the fractured wrist bones. | |
| A hospital spokesman said the operation had been successful, but the Pope would have to wear a cast for about a month. | |
| He left hospital after an operation under local anaesthetic that lasted about 20 minutes. | |
| The Vatican said it was the first time Pope Benedict had been treated in hospital since his election in 2005. | |
| He insisted on being treated like any other patient and waited his turn for an X-ray, Italy's Ansa news agency says. | |
| He has been staying at a house in the village of Les Combes in the Valle d'Aosta region. It was a favourite vacation spot of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. | He has been staying at a house in the village of Les Combes in the Valle d'Aosta region. It was a favourite vacation spot of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. |
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| Recent pictures of the Pope arriving in the northern Italian Alps | Recent pictures of the Pope arriving in the northern Italian Alps |