Vatican’s number two, Cardinal Parolin admitted to hospital

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State who ranks second to the pope in the Catholic Church hierarchy, went into hospital on Tuesday for a scheduled operation on his prostate, the Vatican said.

A statement said Parolin, 65, was suffering from prostatic hypertrophy, a common, noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland.

It said Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, was expected to be discharged in a few days and gradually resume his work.

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