After a five-week hospital stay for treatment of a touch-and-go case of double pneumonia, Pope Francis is scheduled to be discharged on Sunday. In making the announcement Saturday.
After a five-week hospital stay for treatment of a touch-and-go case of double pneumonia, Pope Francis is scheduled to be discharged on Sunday. In making the announcement Saturday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, doctors said he’ll require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation, CBS News reports. Francis has not been seen in public since he was admitted on Feb. 14 while battling bronchitis. The doctors told reporters that his condition has been stable for at least two weeks and described his release as a «protected discharge», per NBC News.