VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis plans to make his first look in 5 weeks on Sunday (Mar 23), providing a blessing from the window of his room at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital as he battles double pneumonia, the Vatican mentioned.
Pope Francis, 88, was admitted to the hospital on Feb 14 with a extreme respiratory an infection that has required evolving treatment.
The pope has solely been seen as soon as throughout his hospital keep, in a photograph the Vatican launched final week, displaying the pontiff at prayer in a hospital chapel.
Pope Francis desires to come back to the hospital window round noon-time on Sunday to present a greeting and blessing, the Vatican mentioned in a quick assertion on Saturday.
The pope often affords a weekly noon-time prayer in St. Peter’s Sq. on Sundays. Francis has not been capable of do since Feb 9, earlier than going to hospital.
The Vatican mentioned Pope Francis was not anticipated to ship the prayer this Sunday, in an indication that the pope remains to be recovering from pneumonia, however would come to the window for a greeting.
