Pope Francis is doing well after his colon surgery, the Vatican reports. He is conscious and can breathe unaided.
The 84-year-old Church Father is expected to remain in the hospital for another week.
The pope went under the knife on Sunday for a planned operation at the medical and surgical faculty of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.
Several popes have been treated here in the past.
The Vatican said Pope Francis has a common bowel disease in the elderly and can lead to pain or fever. The disease causes protrusions in the intestinal wall that can become inflamed, and a condition called diverticulitis.