The pApa Francisco He will look out this Sunday from the window of his apartment in the Rome Gemelli Hospitalthe Vatican confirmed on Saturday, in which It will be your first public appearance since your entry, 37 days agoby bilateral pneumonia.
The 88 -year -old pontiff “He intends to look at the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome to greet and bless at the end of the Angelus tomorrowwhich will rule in writing as in previous weeks, “the Vatican press room announced.
It’s about The first public appearance of the Pope since February 14 will enter the Gemelli, where He gradually and gradually recover from his respiratory problems which caused several severity crises, although his situation has stabilized and has improved in recent weeks.
On March 6, the Pope sent an audio message, in Spanish and with a Very fatigued voiceduring the Rosario for his restoration that pray every night in the Plaza de San Pedro and last Sunday the Vatican published the first photo of the Pontiff in the Gemelli.
The speculation about the appearance tomorrow of the Pope emerged in the last hours, after this Friday some technicians were taken to take measures of the apartment of the tenth floor of the hospital where he is admitted. This Saturday, Francisco thanked “the support” of the “closeness” of the faithful with their “prayers.”
“These days I have felt so much the support of this closeness of yours, especially through the prayers with which you have accompanied me,” says the pontiff in a message dated today from the hospital on the occasion of the jubilant pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Naples (southern Italy).
“That is why, although I cannot be physically present among you, I express my great joy to the Saberos United to me and among you in the Lord Jesus, as a Church,” he adds in the text pronounced by the cardinal Domenico BattagliaArchbishop of Naples, at the Mass held in the Plaza de San Pedro under heavy rain.
The Pope, which praises the “unity” that suppose the Diocesan jubilee pilgrimagesends with a usual phrase in his interventions: “I pray for you. And I entrust you: you also continue praying for me.”
Francisco’s conditions, hospitalized since February 14, “are still stable” and With “some small improvements”Vatican sources indicated this Friday, which explained that they continue with their Pharmacological treatmentin addition to respiratory and motor physiotherapy.
They also confirmed that the Non -invasive mechanical ventilationthe oxygen mask it used at night, while high flow oxygen with nasal cannulas during the day is also gradually reduced.
