CLEVELAND, June 12 /PRNewswire/ --

"H. H. Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the sea of St. Mark, underwent a one-hour surgery at the Cleveland Clinic this morning to repair his broken left femur after he suffered a fall. The surgery was successful and he is recovering well. He will remain in the hospital for approximately one week and then receive physical rehabilitation as a part of his recovery," said Wael Barsoum, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic.

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Eileen Sheil, Cleveland Clinic, +1-216-444-8927