A nun prays throughout a rosary prayer for the well being of Pope Francis in St Peter’s Sq. on the Vatican metropolis, Rome, on March 22, 2025. Pope Francis is to depart hospital on March 23, 2025 and return to his residence within the Vatican, the place he’s to spend “a minimum of two months” recovering, certainly one of his medical doctors introduced. —Photograph by Filippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis is to depart hospital on Sunday and return to his residence within the Vatican, the place he’s to spend “a minimum of two months” recovering, certainly one of his medical doctors introduced.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14, when he was admitted with respiration issues, and he subsequently battled pneumonia in each lungs.
The Vatican mentioned earlier that the pope on Sunday supposed to wave and provide a blessing from Gemelli hospital.
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The physician, Sergio Alfieri, mentioned on Saturday that “tomorrow, the pope will depart (the hospital) and return to Saint Martha’s Home” within the Vatican, the place Pope Francis has his residential suite.
There, the pinnacle of the Catholic Church must observe “a protracted convalescence…. of a minimum of two months,” Alfieri informed reporters.
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One other physician on the hospital, Luca Carbone, mentioned the aged pope’s well being “is enhancing” and “we hope that he’ll quickly be capable to resume his regular actions”.
Alfieri mentioned: “Additional progress will happen at his house, as a result of a hospital—even when this appears unusual—is the worst place to recuperate as a result of it’s the place one can contract extra infections.”
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Resignation discuss dismissed
The delicate state of the pope’s well being had spurred hypothesis that he may step down, as his predecessor, Benedict XVI, did.
The present hospitalization, the longest in Francis’s papacy, has raised questions over who may lead the busy schedule of non secular occasions main as much as Easter, the holiest interval within the Christian calendar.
The pope has missed the Angelus prayers—usually recited by the pontiff each Sunday—for 5 straight weeks, for the primary time since his election in March 2013.
The Vatican mentioned earlier Saturday that the pope’s look on Sunday would observe the Angelus prayers.
Beforehand, on Wednesday, the Vatican had mentioned that Francis had suspended his use of an oxygen masks.
For a lot of the pope’s hospital keep, together with crucial levels, the Vatican was publishing every day bulletins on the well being of Francis, who had a part of one lung eliminated as a younger man.
On Monday, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin informed reporters that he had famous an enchancment in Francis’ well being throughout a go to.
However requested whether or not the dialog had turned to the pope’s resignation, he replied: “No, no, no, completely not.”
Catholics and others worldwide have been praying for his speedy restoration. Many have been leaving flowers, candles and notes for Francis outdoors the Gemelli hospital.
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