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

Mar 24, 2025 - 03:00
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.