He Vatican He announced this Thursday a Pope Francis photo in which it appears without nasal oxygen cannulas. The image is from a private encounter that he held on Wednesday upon receiving the kings of the United Kingdom, Carlos III and Camilawho visited Italy on the occasion of their twentieth anniversary of marriage.
In the photo Francisco is seen sitting in an armchair shaking the hand of Queen Camila, while watching King Carlos III, who holds a gift and remains standing.
The image spread by the Vatican with the Francisco without oxygen cannulas
The location of the match is the papal apartment of Santa Marta house and lasted near 20 minutesaccording to the press office of the Holy See. He Holy Father It remains in recovery after being hospitalized for 38 days for double pneumonia, which led him to suspend public agenda since the end of February.
He was discharged on March 23, and since then remains convalescent in the Vatican. The Holy See had canceled the official hearing scheduled with the British kings, but Francisco invited them to a private meetingsubject to its clinical evolution and It was confirmed a few hours before being held.
In a brief statement, the Vatican said that Francisco expressed his Good wishes to the monarchs On the occasion of his anniversary, while King Carlos III transmitted to the Pope “wishes of prompt recovery.”
This was the First official image disseminated from its medical discharge in which it is observed without respiratory assistance, which was interpreted as a sign of improvement in your state of healthalthough the Vatican did not give additional medical details.
The monarchs had visited the Vatican the April 4, 2017during an institutional visit and Carlos III He met the Pontiff in October 2019, within the framework of the Canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Pope Francis reappeared in the Plaza de San Pedro: “Happy Domingo and thank you all”
In a surprising gesture that moved everyone present, Pope Francis broke his medical isolation on Sunday with a brief but significant appearance in the Plaza San Pedro, During the jubilee day of the sick. “Good Sunday to all. Thank you very much,” said the pontiff in a weak voice, before a crowd that received it between applause, tears and emotion.
The Pope’s presence was completely unexpected. Shortly before, his written intervention had been read during the Mass by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, without indications that it would be present. The sudden appearance of the pontiff – who crossed the square in a wheelchair, accompanied by his personal nurse and with visible oxygen cannulas on the face— It generated a “formidable emotional blow,” as italian media described in the place.
Francisco left discreetly from the house of Santa Marta, where he remains under medical care for two weeks on the recommendation of his doctors. Before arriving at the square, he entered the Basilica of San Pedro, confessed and crossed the Holy Gate, one of the central gestures of the Jubilee Year.
Source: Ambito
