Pope Francis waves as he leaves by car the Gemelli hospital after a five weeks hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025. Pope Francis is to leave hospital todayand return to his residence in the Vatican, where he is to spend “at least two months” recovering, one of his
Pope Francis left Rome’s Gemelli hospital Sunday, over five weeks after the 88-year-old was admitted on February 14 with breathing difficulties which turned into pneumonia.
Pope Francis arrives at his residence Santa Marta in the Vatican after being discharged from the Gemelli hospital following a five weeks hospitalization for pneumonia, on March 23, 2025 | AFP
The head of the Catholic Church left by car, waving from the closed window of the front seat as he drove past journalists, and could be seen wearing a cannula – a plastic tube tucked into his nostrils which delivers oxygen.
Pope Francis waves as he leaves by car the Gemelli hospital after a five weeks hospitalization
Earlier, the Pope greeted and thanked the faithful from a balcony of the hospital on Sunday, the first time he has been seen in public since his admission.
People reflect on the window of the car as Pope Francis leaves by the Gemelli hospital after a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025. AFP
“Thank you, everyone,” a weak-sounding Francis said into a microphone, as he sat in a wheelchair waving gently to hundreds of people gathered below, doing a thumbs-up sign.
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