Sunday Vatican released the first picture Pope in more than a monthPope Francis, dressed in purple liturgical fortresses, sitting in the wheelchair, in front of an altar in hospital hermitage.
The Vatican said he took part in the celebration of the mass with other priests. No one else is visible in the photo. Pope is the first picture of Hospitalized on February 14 A serious case of bronchitis, who developed a double pneumonia. Vatican refers to the first time that the Pope has participated in the mass of mass.
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Prayers for children for the Pope
Earlier, dozens of yellow and white children’s balloons – Many of the War-Torn countries gathered outside the Gemelli hospital in Rome Hospitalized in Francis’s fifth Sunday. While the Pope did not appear from the 10-story suit of Windows, he thanked them and acknowledged the presence of the traditional Sunday blessing.
“I know that many children pray for me;” “It’s closer to Gemelli,” said Pontisifayer but not delivered again.
Enzo Fortunato Rev. Rev. The president of the World Children’s Day Children’s Day World Children’s Day, who said to gather children with parents in the form of 88-year-old spiritual medicine. ” She called the most beautiful love of ”
“Children represent symbolic medicine for the Pope Francis,” Fortunato said.
A small group of children, the balloons represented the colors of the Vatican flag, entered the hospital, leaving Francis’s drawings, messages and flowers behind. Many children came from the poorest Italian districts or countries affected by the war, which arrived in Italy from Afghanistan and Syria, by the Humanitarian corridors agreed by the Italian government; Others were in Ukraine, Gaza, South America and Africa.
One of them was anastasia 12-year-old, who got up at 5 am to travel from Naples, hoping to deliver the message directly to the Pope. “I wrote” Francis’s Pope, it will come well and return home soon, “he said. We love all the kids praying for you.”
“The Pope of Children”
Andrea Iacomini The Spokesperson of UNICEF, in addition to showing love for the Pope, the group “enough” meant conflicts affect 500 million children in children.
“This Pope is not only religious leader, it is a great global leader. It is a man of peace. The Pope is the Pope of Children. ” Iomini said.
Francis Usually Angelus sends one window overlooking the San Pedro Square to another, the year he inaugurated in December.
In the written text, Francis said he was thinking of others, like him, that they are in the fragile situation. “Our bodies are weak, but they are like anything to prevent us, praying, praying for each other, in the faith, the hope of hope,” said the Pope.
Along with a stop of St. Peter, along the holy door of the Basilica, pilgrims are also adding a stop at Gemelli on the 15-minute train in the Vatican.
The state of Pope is a complex
This week, the doctors were no longer, in a critical life-threatening condition, but they continued to emphasize that his condition was complex due to its age, lacking part of mobility and a young people as a young.
However, they are issuing less medical newsletters, as it has been on the rising pontifif. X-ray this week has confirmed that the infection was cleaning.
Francis has not been publicly seen since he entered the hospital of February 14, it was difficult against Bronchitis. Doctors soon added double pneumonia diagnosis and polymmic (bacterial, viral and fungal) infection.
The first three weeks of his hospitalization marked by a small back roller, respiratory crisis, a mild kidney failure and a serious cough.
When the latest Medical update on Saturday, doctors said they were working to reduce the night confidence in the pope Non-invasive ventilation mask, which will allow its lungs to work more.
Doctors stressed that the stable state of the Pope needs treatment with physical therapy and physical breathing, “which gradually showing improvements,” said the first medical update on Saturday in three days.
The next update will not be sent until the middle of the week, the Vatican said.