2 h. ago Pope Francis’ special message for doctors who saved his life

The 88-year-old pontiff spoke softly, but was breathing without oxygen

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3 d. ago Pope Francis makes surprise appearance and seems in improved health as he is wheeled round St Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass

The pope was holding a bouquet of flowers and wheeled in to the ceremony in Vatican City, in which more than 30,000 people had gathered, as he recovers from double pneumonia.

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6 d. ago King Charles and Pope Francis exchange touching words at private meeting in Italy after public meet

The meeting took place at Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, Italy, where the Pope has been convalescing for more than two weeks after being released from Gemelli Hospital.

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1 week ago Pope Francis makes surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square for jubilee mass

Pontiff makes first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from hospital two weeks agoPope Francis has made a surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square during a special jubilee mass for the sick and health workers, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his discharge from hospital two weeks ago.The pontiff waved at the crowd that stood and applauded as he was appeared unannounced, assisted in a wheelchair to the front of the altar in the square. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How Pope Francis has been spending his days after pneumonia battle

The Vatican has provided new insight into the pope’s convalescence after his five-week hospital stay

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3 w. ago The five words from a nurse that may have saved Pope Francis’s life

He was so unwell doctors considered letting him die, but were persuaded to keep going

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3 w. ago Pope came so close to death that doctors nearly stopped treatment

Five words from Francis’s personal nurse inspired the medical team to keep going

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3 w. ago Pope Francis health latest: Pontiff arrives home at the Vatican following his first public appearance after five weeks in hospital

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

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3 w. ago Pope Francis makes first appearance since hospital admission in front of cheering crowds

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks before being discharged from hospital after twice contracting pneumonia, on Sunday, March 23.

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3 w. ago Pope Francis greets crowds in Rome before discharge from hospital

Pontiff says he has ‘had the opportunity to experience the Lord’s patience’ and pays tribute to ‘tireless care’ of medicsPope Francis greeted a large crowd of pilgrims gathered outside Gemelli hospital in Rome in his first public appearance in more than five weeks, before being discharged from the hospital on Sunday.The pontiff, who is recovering from pneumonia in both lungs, made the brief greeting and blessing from the balcony of his hospital room shortly after the release of the text for his Sunday Angelus. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pope Francis makes first public appearance in five weeks from hospital balcony

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving from a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital before being discharged.

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3 w. ago Pope Francis makes first appearance from window of Rome hospital ahead of discharge

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3 w. ago Pneumonia: What are the main symptoms and how dangerous is it?

As Pope Francis leaves hospital, what is pneumonia, the condition he has beaten?

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3 w. ago Pope Francis health latest: Pontiff appears on hospital balcony to speak as he is set to be discharged from hospital

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

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3 w. ago Pope making 1st public appearance before hospital discharge and return to Vatican for convalescence

Pope Francis is making his first public appearance in five weeks before being discharged from the hospital where he was treated for a life-threatening case of pneumonia

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3 w. ago Pope Francis to make first public appearance since being admitted to hospital

Vatican says pontiff will come to the window of his room on Sunday to offer a greeting and blessingPope Francis is poised to make his first public appearance in more than five weeks, greeting people from the window of his hospital room where he is recovering from pneumonia in both lungs.The pontiff, 88, wants to come to the window of his room at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after midday prayers on Sunday to give the greeting and blessing, the Vatican said in a ­statement today. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pope Francis will appear in public on SUNDAY as Vatican issues health update on the 88

Pope Francis will make his first public appearance since being admitted to hospital more than a month ago when he offers a blessing and a wave from Rome's Gemelli hospital

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3 w. ago Pope Francis to offer blessing from hospital window in first public appearance in weeks

Francis will appear at his room window at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Sunday

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3 w. ago Close advisers to Pope Francis issue latest health update on the Pontiff

The 88-year-old has spent almost five weeks in Rome's Gemelli Hospital after a complex lung infection turned into pneumonia in both lungs

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3 w. ago Vatican says Pope Francis no longer needs mechanical help to breathe as his health improves

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night

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