Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital tomorrow after a five-week long battle with double pneumonia, doctors say.
The Pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 having suffered a severe respiratory crisis.
But tomorrow, the 88-year-old Pontiff will at last be discharged, doctors who have been treating him said today. The Pope will need at least two months to recover, however.
News that the Pope will return to the Vatican comes on the same day it was announced that the leader of the Catholic Church is set to make his first public appearance since his hospitalisation.
This morning, the Vatican announced that Francis would greet well-wishers outside the Gemelli Hospital with a wave at around noon on Sunday.
‘Pope Francis intends to wave and offer a blessing from the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome after Angelus prayers,’ the Vatican said.
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