Pope Francis on Ramos Sunday delighted the faithful with an impromptu visit by the Plaza de San Pedro, against the advice of his doctors to avoid crowds while recovering from pneumonia. For the second consecutive Sunday after the stay in the longest hospital of his papacy, the 88 -year -old pontiff left his rooms of the Vatican, delivering sweets to the children and shaking hands while doing the rounds of the Vatican milestone. While sitting in his wheelchair, the Argentine appeared in a rather good way, without the nasal cannula, a plastic tube in the nostrils, he used to help him breathe his convalescence.
Since his hospital release, the Pope has ventured several times despite the fact that his doctors urged him to rest, and his surprise visits do not appear in any official Vatican program. On Thursday, he made an unchanged visit to the Basilica of San Pedro to inspect the renewal work and visit Pío X’s tomb, before making a trip on Saturday to pray in his favorite basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. And after his planned meeting with King Carlos III was initially canceled due to his poor health, Francis welcomed the British monarch and Charles’ second wife, Queen Camilla, privately on Wednesday.
The scope of his participation in the Easter celebrations next week, the most sacred period of the Christian calendar, is even more than being confirmed by the Holy See. In his prayer of Sunday Angelus, launched by the Vatican, the pontiff thanked the flock for his prayers and issued his usual call to peace in the world.
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