The pope’s doctors did not think he was going to make it. “It’s terrible,” Pope Francis gasped during a breathing crisis last month. The pope, his hand bruised with needle pricks and his oxygen saturation dipping to a dangerously low 78 during his long hospitalization, acknowledged in a failing voice that he might die. He … Read more
Pope Francis waved to hundreds of people gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday as the pontiff left the hospital after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. In his first public appearance in five weeks, he 88-year-old pope said “Thank you, everyone,” as he gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was … Read more
Looking frail, Pope Francis made his first, brief, appearance in more than six weeks on Sunday, appearing on the balcony of a Rome hospital to greet hundreds of people gathered in the square in front. “I see a woman with yellow flowers,” said Francis, who was brought out on the second-floor balcony in a wheelchair. … Read more