The greetings and visit during Palm Sunday was another reassuring sign of the Pope’s recovery after a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.
The Vatican says while the Pope’s voice and mobility are improving, it is too early to say whether he will take part in any other Holy Week events.
The Vatican says while the Pope’s voice and mobility are improving, it is too early to say whether he will take part in any other Holy Week events.
The Vatican says while the Pope’s voice and mobility are improving, it is too early to say whether he will take part in any other Holy Week events.
The Vatican says while the Pope’s voice and mobility are improving, it is too early to say whether he will take part in any other Holy Week events.
VATICAN CITY — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a „Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week“, in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.
Many in the crowd reached out to touch Francis‘ hand or garments as he was brought in a wheelchair down a ramp to the main altar, where he issued his brief greeting into a microphone. The 88-year-old pope was not wearing nasal tubes for supplemental oxygen, as he had during a similar appearance last Sunday.
On his way back to St. Peter’s Basilica from where he had emerged, Francis stopped to bless a rosary, and offered candy to a boy who greeted him.
The 88-year-old Francis is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.
