Pope Francis has this afternoon left Gemelli Hospital and returned to the Vatican. The Pope was taken to the Vatican in a white Fiat but appeared to the faithful on the Balcony of the Gemelli Hospital.
It took around 20 minutes for him to return amidst hundreds cheers from catholic faithfuls who were outside eager to see the Pope from a balcony.
Earlier, the Pope was brought out on the balcony outside a hospital room, overlooking the crowds who he addressed on a microphone.
“Thank you,” he said first, then waved, and appeared to make the sign of the cross to the crowd before he was taken back into the room.
According to the holy see and the doctors, the pope will spend “at least two months” recuperating at his home in the Vatican after leaving the hospital.
The 88-year-old pope has been in the Gemelli hospital in Rome since 14 February after being admitted with respiratory issues and then battling pneumonia in both lungs.
On Saturday, Dr Sergio Alfieri, the director of the medical-surgical department at the Policlinico Gemelli Hospital, stated that “tomorrow, the pope will leave (the hospital) and return to Saint Martha’s House” in the Vatican, which is the residence of Pope Francis.
Luca Carbone, another hospital doctor, said “We hope that he will soon be able to resume his normal activities,” stating that the ageing pope’s health “is improving.”
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