Pope Francis will appear in public for the first time on Sunday for more than a month. The Vatican announced on Saturday that the Pope would bless the faithful from the window of his room in Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where it is treated for two -sided pneumonia. According to AFP and Reuters reports, TASR reports this.
“Pope Francis intends to wave the angel of the Lord and grant a blessing from Gemelli Hospital in Rome,” said the Vatican. The Pope usually prays on Sunday with believers on the St. Peter’s Square. However, he missed this traditional prayer for health problems since February 9. The Vatican claims that Francis is not expected to bring this prayer on Sunday.
The eighty -eight -year -old Pope was only seen once during his stay in the hospital, which has been in February 14, in the photo published by the Vatican last week. On the shot made of from the side, František sitting in a wheelchair in white clothing and with a stole, as he looks at the cross placed on a simple altar in a quiet prayer.
In February, the Pope was hospitalized with bronchitis, but it later grew into two -sided pneumonia. Since then, the head of the Catholic Church has overcame several respiratory crises. The Vatican announced a week ago that Francis was no longer in danger of life and indicated that they could soon release him from the hospital.
Francis, who has been the head of the Catholic Church since 2013, has been treated several times for respiratory diseases. In recent years, he has also undergone surgery of rupture and colon. Due to knee pain, he also uses a wheelchair.
