Pope Francis He publicly admitted that the Lenten season is the time of healing for his soul and body.
On Sunday, the Vatican issued the text of the Sandai Angelos prayer. It is the seventh consecutive Sunday, which his illness prevented from handing the blessing from a window over the Saint Peter Square as usual.
Dear friends, let us Live this great fast As a time of recovery, as with the jubilee, Francis said: “I also suffer from it in this way, in my soul and in my body.”
“This is the reason that I give heart a thanks to all those who, in the form of the Savior, are tools to recover for their neighbor with their word and knowledge, with kindness and prayer,” continued. “Weakness and disease are common experiences between all of us; however, we are brothers in the salvation that Christ has given.”
“There was a real danger that might not make it,” said Pope Francis Doctors in ending the treatment.
Pope Francis is left in a car after appearing at a window from Agosto Jimili Policinic in Rome, on Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he was treated. (AP/Stefano Costannino)
His remarks then turned into Global conflicts, Focusing on South Sudan, where he said, “The war calls for innocent victims.”
“I urge the parties concerned to the conflict to establish the protection of the lives of their brothers and their civilian sisters first, and I hope that new negotiations will start as soon as possible, able to secure a permanent solution to the crisis,” he said. “The international community may increase its efforts to address the horrific humanitarian catastrophe.”
Pope Francis shows the first general appearance in five weeks
Believers and pilgrims gather in Saint Peter Square in the Vatican to follow the giant screens live from Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, on Sunday, March 23, 2025, when Pope Francis made his first public appearance since he was transferred to the hospital on February 14 with bilateral Blaunumia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The 88 -year -old is still recovering from the respiratory infection, according to the Apostolic Press Office. The oxygen support continues to be broken during the day and night, and its blood levels are normal. However, his medical team requested a strict recovery period for at least two months after his release in the hospital last week.
The doctor, who coordinated the hospital for five weeks, said on Saturday that Francis showed “a really sudden improvement.”
Surgeon Sergio Alviri speaks to reporters on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic entrance hall, where Pope Francis has been treated for bilateral pneumonia since February 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Dr. Sergio Alviri, after his visit to the Pope in his apartment in Santa Marta Dumus on Wednesday, said three days after he was released from Roma Jimili Hospital. “I think it will return if not 100 %, 90 % of the place before.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
