Pope Francis on Thursday said he needs to have cataract surgery, a common procedure for older people, because his eyesight is failing. Speaking when he met with inmates in one of Rome's prisons, the Pope said “At my age, for example, you get cataracts, and you do not see well reality: next year we will have to have an operation."
He called on Christians to “renew their gaze” in their approach to life, and to perform “cataract surgery on the soul.”
Dailytrust quoted the American Academy of Ophtalmology as saying having a cataract can be like looking through a foggy or dusty car windshield. Things may look blurry, hazy or less colourful.
This happens when the eye’s internal lens goes cloudy, and the problem is resolved by its replacement with a clear artificial lens.
Meanwhile, the operation has been adjudged to have a high success rate.
