People watch Pope Francis during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, on a big screen in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ciro de Luca
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14 and returned to the Vatican.
But with his doctors prescribing the 88-year-old pontiff another two months of rest to allow his ageing body to fully heal, it is unclear how often people will get to see the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics in the coming weeks.
