Pope Francis left Rome’s Gemelli hospital Sunday, over five weeks after the 88-year-old was admitted on February 14 with breathing difficulties which turned into pneumonia.
The head of the Catholic Church left by car, waving from the closed window of the front seat as he drove past journalists, and could be seen wearing a cannula – a plastic tube tucked into his nostrils which delivers oxygen.
Pope Francis waves as he leaves by car the Gemelli hospital after a five weeks hospitalization.
Earlier, the Pope greeted and thanked the faithful from a balcony of the hospital on Sunday, the first time he has been seen in public since his admission.
People reflect on the window of the car as Pope Francis leaves by the Gemelli hospital after a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025.
“Thank you, everyone,” a weak-sounding Francis said into a microphone, as he sat in a wheelchair waving gently to hundreds of people gathered below, doing a thumbs-up sign.
Credit: AFP
