Recovering Pope Out And About Again At Favourite Rome Basilica

Hospitalized for more than five weeks for double pneumonia, the pope keeps a fragile health and still has to give up many of his obligations.

Rome, Italy. There is no doubt that Pope Francis is improving and that his intention is to be present at Holy Week, even if it is limited. This Saturday, on his twentieth day of convalescence at his home in Santa Marta after 38 days of hospitalization at Gemelli Hospital, he came again surprisingly out of his “closure.” The Holy See Press Room reported that “in the early afternoon Pope Francis went to the Basilica of Santa Maria Mayor and, on th…

A still recovering pope makes surprise visit to Santa Maria Maggiore

On Saturday afternoon Pope Francis went to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to pray.

Recovering Pope out and about again at favourite Rome Basilica

It is a fourth unscheduled appearance in recent days for the 88-year-old Pope. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He stopped to pray in front of the Salus Populi Romani, the Byzantine icon depicting the Madonna and Child found in the Pauline Chapel of the Roman Basilica