- Title: Vatican share emotion of Pope's first public appearance
- Date: 23rd March 2025
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (MARCH 23, 2025) (REUTERS) POPE FRANCIS' FIRST APPEARANCE AS SEEN ON SCREEN IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE FROM ROME PEOPLE APPLAUDING / VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE CATHOLIC NUNS SMILING AND APPLAUDING WOMAN TAKING PHOTOS CATHOLIC NUNS APPLAUDING CATHOLIC NUN CRYING VARIOUS OF CATHOLIC NUNS STANDING PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE VATICAN PEOPLE OUTSIDE GEMELLI HOSPITAL DISPLAYED
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- Keywords: GEMELLI HOSPITAL ITALY POPE FRANCIS ROME ST. PETER'S SQUARE VATICAN
- Location: ROME, ITALY
- City: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001103223032025RP1
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- Story Text: Members of the Catholic faithful gathered at the Vatican on Sunday (March 23) to witness Pope Francis' first public appearance through a big screen broadcast of his appearance at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
Francis, 88, was later discharged from the hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.
The pope usually greets people in St. Peter's Square each Sunday at noon and offers a brief prayer, but he has not been able to do so since February 9 due to his hospitalisation.
While Francis returned to his Vatican residence, his doctors said it would take "a lot of time" for his ageing body to fully heal.
They said they had prescribed the pope two months of repose, and had advised him against taking any meetings with large groups, or that require special effort.
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