Pope Tawadros healing after surgery in Germany -- church

CAIRO - 28 November 2017: The Orthodox church said on Monday that Pope Tawadros of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark is healing after a back bone surgery he had undergone in Germany.

"He will be allowed by his doctors to leave the hospital to spend a recovery for around two weeks before returning back to Egypt," said a press release issued by the church.

The statement thanked the medical team for the successful surgery.