Pope Francis appeared this Sunday, March 23 Through the window of his apartment in the Gemelli Polyclinic of Rome, In his first public appearance since his hospitalization 38 days ago for a serious respiratory infection, to greet and bless the faithful before returning to the Vatican, after receiving the medical discharge.
“I thank everyone,” he said With the voice tired of the crowd that crowded From an hour before the doors of the center and the television cameras of half the world.
“I see that lady with the yellow flowers, how good,” He added with a very weakened voice, after the prolonged use of oxygen during his hospitalization has weakened his throat muscles.
Angelus’s text spread again in writing, As in recent weeks, since Francisco must continue with his rehabilitation to recover his voice, after the prolonged use of oxygen during his hospitalization has weakened his throat muscles.
The pontiff will leave the hospital predictably after the Angelus, When being stable for two weeks and now you must maintain a period of convalescence of at least two months, In which he will continue with the medical treatment in his residence of the Santa Marta house, in the Vatican, his doctors reported on Saturday.
This is the first public appearance of the Pope since last February 14 he entered the Gemelli For their breathing problems, which were due to bronchitis due to polymicrobiological infection to which bilateral pneumonia joined, and where he suffered “two very critical episodes that endangered their lives,” according to their doctors.
Last March 6 The Pope sent an audio message, in Spanish And with a very fatigued voice, during the Rosary for its restoration that pray every night in the Plaza de San Pedro and last Sunday the Vatican published the first photo of the Pontiff in the Gemelli.
“These days I have felt so much the support of this closeness of yours, especially through the prayers with which you have accompanied me “, The Pontiff declared this Saturday in a message from the hospital on the occasion of the jubilee pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Naples (southern Italy).
“Therefore, although it cannot be physically present among you, I express my great joy to the sabosos united to me and among you in the Lord Jesus, as a church “, Add in the text pronounced by Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, at the Mass held in the Plaza de San Pedro under strong rain.
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