Pope Breaks Wrist -- Sex Life Over?

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:50 PM EDT

Article Source: Yahoo! News

AOSTA, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI waved reassuringly to well-wishers outside a hospital Friday where he underwent surgery to set a fractured right wrist suffered when he fell in his Alpine vacation chalet.

The 82-year-old pope's overnight accident was the first significant medical issue of his 4-year-old papacy, but doctors said he would suffer no long-term effects and would be able to return to playing piano and writing once the wrist heals. His cast will be removed in a month.

The pontiff's first public appearance of his mountain holiday is scheduled for Sunday in Ivrea, the hometown of his No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, where he is to deliver his traditional Sunday blessing.

"We hope that his remaining schedule can be preserved," Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi told Vatican Radio.

Despite the accident, the right-handed pope celebrated Mass and had breakfast before going to the hospital, according to a Vatican statement.

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