Vatican released the first picture on Sunday Pope in more than a monthPope Francis was wearing a Purple Lacentn Latori West in a wheelchair in front of a altar in the hospital chapel.
Vatican said he was participating in the mass celebration with other priests. No one else appears in the photo. This is the first picture of the pope He was admitted to the hospital on 14 February With a serious case of bronchitis, which developed in double pneumonia. This is also the first time the Vatican mentions that the Pope has participated in celebrating a mass during the period.
Via Vatican Press Hall, AP
Children’s prayer for pope
Earlier, dozens of children from yellow and white balloons-war-affected countries gathered outside the Jameli Hospital in Rome, to get Pope Francis hospitalized on their fifth Sunday. While Pope did not appear from Windows’s 10th floor suit, he thanked him and accepted his presence in traditional Sunday blessings.
“I know that many children are praying for me; some of them came here today as a sign of proximity to Jamelli,” Pontif said in the Angelus text prepared for traditional prayers, but did not give it live again. “Pope loves you and always waiting for you to meet,” Francis said.
Rev Enjo Fortunato, chairman of the Pontiific Committee for World Children’s Day, which organized the event, said that the children’s meeting with his parents was a form of spiritual medicine for 88-year-old Pontiff. He called it “the most beautiful affection”. ,
“Children represent a symbolic drug for Pope Francis,” Fortunato said. “
A small group of children, whose balloon, represented the colors of the Vatican flag, briefly entered the hospital to leave their paintings, messages and flowers for Francis. Many children came from poor Italian districts or war -affected countries, some from Italy and Syria to Italy through Italy, which were through the human corridors established by Santugidio charity in an agreement with the Italian government; The other were from Ukraine, Gaza, South America and Africa.
One of them was 12 -year -old Anastasia, who woke up at 5 am to travel from Naples with the hope of directly a message to the Pope. “I wrote,” Pope Francis, get well and return home soon, “he said. “We love you, all children are praying for you.”
“Children’s Pope”
In Italy, UNICEF spokesman Andrea Iycomini said that in addition to performing affection for the Pope, Group wanted to “enough” to the struggles affecting 500 million children in 59 countries.
“This Pope is not just a religious leader, he is a great global leader. A person of peace. This Pope is the pope of children.”
Francis typically distributes St. Peter Square to Angelus from a window for the gathering loyalty, which has become many more due to Jubilee Year which Francis inaugurated in December.
In the written text, Francis said that he was thinking of others who like him, in a delicate state. The Pope said, “Our bodies are weak, but in this way, nothing can stop us, pray, give ourselves, for each other, in faith, the bright signs of hope.”
Pilgrims are now adding a stop to the 15 -minute train riding a 15 -minute train from the Vatican to search for St. Peter’s enjoyment to undergo the holy door of Basilica.
The Pope’s position remains complicated
This week, doctors said that Pontiff was no longer in a state of significant, life-threatening, but he has continued to emphasize that his age, lack of mobility and a young person as a young person, remains complicated due to loss of a lung portion.
Nevertheless, they are releasing low medical bulletins as Pontiff has been on a trajectory upwards. This week an X-ray confirmed that the transition was clearing.
Francis has not been seen publicly as he was admitted to the hospital on 14 February after a match of bronchitis, making it difficult for him to speak. Doctors soon added double pneumonia and a polymicobial (bacterial, viral and fungal) infection.
The first three weeks of his hospital were marked by a rollercoster by a rollercoster, including a rollercaster, which included respiratory crisis, mild kidney failure, and a severe cough fit.
In the most recent medical update on Saturday, doctors said that they were working to reduce the Pope’s night dependence on the non-invasive ventilation mask, which would allow her lungs to do more work.
The Vatican said on Saturday in the first medical update in three days on Saturday that the doctors underlined that the Pope’s condition is stable, yet he needs to be hospitalized for physical and respiratory medicine as well as treatment, which are showing “gradual improvements.”
The next update will not be released until the middle of the week, the Vatican said.
