"We'd like to have you back at the Gemelli, but not as a patient!" they joked, visibly happy to see the Pope doing so well after they had saved him from death.
The liturgies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, as well as the Via Crucis, were delegated. And some hours later, those of Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday as well.
Just a few days after his surprise participation in the Jubilee of the Sick, we have another surprise appearance from Pope Francis.
The couple celebrated 20 years with a special meeting with Pope Francis. Their wedding was delayed two decades ago because of another pope.
The head of the Pope's medical team says Francis is in good spirits, and that his appearance at the Jubilee of the Sick was his own initiative.
"The ability to share the pain of others is an important step forward in any journey of holiness."
By making this unexpected appearance, the Pope sent “a double message."
The Vatican hasn't yet given details but said "On Sunday, the Angelus may take place in a different manner compared to previous Sundays."
The delicate state of the Pope’s health during his gradual convalescence leaves many open questions about his participation in Jubilee events.
After his long hospitalization for double pneumonia and a polymicrobial respiratory infection, the Holy Father is resting and healing back at the Vatican.
Defining Christian joy as “trust in God in all of life's situations,” he assures us that it “springs from the certainty that the Lord never leaves us alone.”
The supposedly imminent deaths of numerous popes in the past two centuries alone were the subject of media speculation and exaggeration. Some defied the odds.
Dr. Alfieri listed a couple of things that he saw as crucial to the Holy Father's survival when his respiratory system was in crisis.
The recovery period that is now beginning for him, and which should last two months, will allow him to return to work, but in a modified way.
"Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of rest and recuperation," Their Majesties noted, saying the April 8 meeting has been postponed.
The president of the Academy for Life spoke of the pope’s fragility during a press conference before a Vatican event on the topic of old age on March 24, 2025.
In an interview with 'Corriere della Sera,' Dr. Alfieri talks about Francis’ health crises and how the question arose of stopping treatment and “letting him go.”
