VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis is to leave hospital on Sunday and return to his residence in the Vatican, where he is to spend “at least two months” recovering, one of his doctors
Pope Francis is to leave hospital on Sunday and return to his residence in the Vatican, where he is to spend “at least two months” recovering, one of his doctors announced.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14, when he was admitted with breathing problems, and he subsequently battled pneumonia in both lungs.
The Vatican said earlier that the pope on Sunday intended to wave and offer a blessing from Gemelli hospital.
The doctor, Sergio Alfieri, said on Saturday that “tomorrow, the pope will leave (the hospital) and return to Saint Martha’s House” in the Vatican, where Pope Francis has his residential suite.
There, the head of the Catholic Church will have to observe “a long convalescence….
