Editing Pope Paul VI (section)

===Health===
[[File:Paolo VI e Luciani.jpg|thumb|right|185px|Paul VI with [[Albino Luciani]] (the future John Paul I) in [[Venice]]]]
Paul VI had been in good health prior to his pontifical election. His health following his papal election took a turn when he needed to undergo a serious operation to treat an enlarged [[prostate]]. The Pope procrastinated in this but relented in November 1967; the operation took place on a simple table in an improvised operating theatre in the papal apartments by a team led by Professor [[Pietro Valdoni]]. The Vatican was delicate in their description of what the Pope underwent and referred to it as "the malaise from which the Holy Father had been suffering for weeks". As a result of the delay in having the operation, the Pope had to wear a [[catheter]] for a period following the operation and still was by December.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/pope-and-president-paul-vi-and-lyndon-b-johnson|title=Pope and President, Paul VI and Lyndon B. Johnson: Christmas on the Tiber, Texas Style|date=25 September 2015|author=Joseph McAuley|magazine=America Magazine|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181141/https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/pope-and-president-paul-vi-and-lyndon-b-johnson|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Pope discussed business from his bed about 48 hours after the operation with Cardinal [[Amleto Giovanni Cicognani]] and at that point was off [[intravenous feeding]] in favour of orange juice and hot broth. Cardinal Cicognani said the Pope was "in good general condition" and that he spoke in a "clear and firm voice". The Pope's two brothers also visited him at his bedside following a "tranquil night" for the Pope. The doctors also reported the Pope's condition to have been "excellent".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19671106.2.4|title=Desert Sun 6 November 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181538/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19671106.2.4|url-status=live}}</ref>