Published On: Sun, Mar 23rd, 2025

Pope Francis blesses crowd, leaves hospital after battling pneumonia for 5 weeks

Pope Francis sits in a wheelchair and waves to the crowd below a hospital window.

A weak and frail Pope Francis left the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, giving a thumbs up to an adoring crowd and taking a detour to go pray at a Rome-area church before returning home to the Vatican.

CBC | World News

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Pope Francis blesses crowd, leaves hospital after battling pneumonia for 5 weeks