Pope Francis appears in the first public speech in a few weeks

Pope Francis For the first time on Sunday, he appeared publicly, welcoming the crowd on a wheelchair on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

It was the first time Francis appeared in public because he briefly addressed the crowd when he was discharged from the hospital on March 23. The pope was underway by double pneumonia, which left it hospitalized for five weeks.

Francis made an unprofitable visit at the end of the Mass and made a brief greeting, and all when oxygen was obtained through the nose.

“Happy Sunday to everyone,” Francis said. “Thank you very much.”

Pope Francis appears in the first public speech in five weeks

Pope Francis listens to his secretary when he is true at the end of the Mass, held by Monsignor Rina Fisichel (not in the picture) on the anniversary of the sick on St. Peter’s Square on the Vatican on April 6, 2025. (Riccardo de Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Medical staff provides Pope Francis’ update

The Vatican also released a written message from Francis, which celebrated the Mass on Sunday, which was specifically focused on health care workers.

“I ask the Lord that this touch of His love can reach anyone who suffers and encourage those who care about them,” the text said.

Doctors who oversee the care of Francis while staying in Hospital Hemels in Rome Tell me that they briefly considered the termination of the pope’s treatment from his condition.

Medical Director Dr. Sergio Alfiera told about the scenes on February 28, when an 88-year-old guy survived the cough and breathed vomiting, which made the staff clean the respiratory tract, and then put on a non-unavasable mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe.

Pope Francis appears on St. Peter’s Square for the first time in a few weeks. (Reccas/Anadool Away Getty Image)

“For the first time, I saw tears in the eyes of some people around him. People who understood during this hospitalization period, sincerely love him as a father. We all knew that the situation had deteriorated further, and it was a risk that he would not do it,” Alfiers told Corriere Della Sera.

“We had to choose, stop and release it or make it and try it with all the possible drugs and therapies, which exposes a very high risk of damage to other organs. In the end, we were following this path,” he said.

Pope Francis Waves to believers when he leaves CerCle quotes after meeting with Prime Minister Luxembourg during a four-day apostolic journey in Luxembourg and Belgium, in Luxembourg, September 26, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)

Alferers told the newspaper that Francis “delegated every type of healthcare solution to Masimilian Straputi, his personal Assistant Health Who knows the Pope’s wishes perfectly. “

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“Try everything, we will not refuse,” Alfiera reminded, who told the hospital staff. “That’s what we thought too. And no one refused.”