REFILE: MOMENT Pope appears at hospital window in first public appearance in 5 weeks

Record ID: 1985244

  • Title: REFILE: MOMENT Pope appears at hospital window in first public appearance in 5 weeks
  • Date: 23rd March 2025
  • Summary: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (MARCH 21, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RESCUE TEAM WORKING AT DRONE ATTACK SITE SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) LARYSA RYAZANOVA, 66, NEIGHBOUR OF FAMILY WHOSE HOUSE WAS HIT BY RUSSIAN DRONE, SAYING: "Shaheed (Russian attack drone) was flying and hit directly this very house." CLOCK WITH PHOTOS OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN FAMILY BELONGINGS SHATTERED ON GROUND WITH RESCUE
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  • Keywords: APPEARANCE FRANCIS GEMELLI HOSPITAL POPE
  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • City: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001101623032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Pope Francis on Sunday (March 23) made his first public appearance in more than five weeks, from a window at Rome's Gemelli hospital before his expected discharge later in the afternoon.
    He spoke briefly, thanking the crowd and mentioning a lady carrying yellow flowers, before being brought back inside in a wheelchair.
    Francis, 88, went to hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.
    The pope's doctors said on Saturday (March 22) that it would still take "a lot of time" for his ageing body to fully heal, and said they had prescribed the pontiff a further two months of rest at the Vatican.
    (Production: Christine Uyanik, Lisa Giles-Keddie)
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