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Pope Francis makes first public appearance in 5 weeks, returns to Vatican after battling life-threatening illness 23 March 2025 at 04:19

Pope Francis makes first public appearance in 5 weeks, returns to Vatican after battling life-threatening illness

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By: Katherine Donlevy， Steve Janoski

23 March 2025 at 04:19

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks on Sunday morning after battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs.

Pope Francis gesturing during his first public appearance in five weeks after being discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, on March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis in a white robe giving a thumbs up from a window at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, after being treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia

Pope Francis leaves the Gemelli hospital, the first time he has appeared in public since being admitted to hospital on March 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Francis waving from a window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome, before being discharged after a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia

Crowd gathered near the statue of late Pope John Paul II in Rome, anticipating Pope Francis' first public appearance post hospital discharge

Pope Francis leaves in a car the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025

People reflect on the window of the car as Pope Francis leaves by the Gemelli hospital after a five weeks hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025.