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Pope Francis made a surprising entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special jubilee mass for sick and healthcare workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance on Vatican Ever since he left the hospital two weeks ago after a life -threatening life -threatening pneumonia.
The Pope waved a bunch of believers who stood and applauded as they pushed him in a wheelchair unanimous at the front of the altar on the square. Some shouted, “I see the pope!” As his picture first appeared on the big screen, showing him passing through the holy door before knocking down the ramp on the altar.
“Good Sunday to everyone,” Francis said, speaking in a microphone, which he touched to make sure he was working on another attempt. “Thank you very much.”
Pontiff’s voice sounded stronger than when he addressed the benefactors outside the Gemelli hospital on the day of release on March 23, after a five -week hospital stay.
He wore nasal pipes to receive additional oxygen, which the Vatican says is gradually decreasing. As he waved and blessed the crowd, the movements of his hand remained limited – for which his doctor said that he was not associated with his illness, but to the vague trauma suffered before hospitalization on February 14.
After the Mass, PontiF greeted some of those who assisted in the service, many who bowed to kiss their hands. He came out of the square through the Holy Gate.
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Pope shares his experience that he is ill
Francis just ended two weeks of at least two months of rest with a doctor ordered as he continues physical, respiratory and speech therapy, as well as the treatment of long -term lung infection.
The Pope also referred his experience with the disease to the traditional Sunday blessing and homily read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, organizer of the Holy Year, which is expected to bring about 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
Speaking to the sick among the crowd, the Pope told Fisichella in Homilia that “I share a lot at this point of my life: the experience of the weak, feeling poorly, depending on the rest for many things that need support.
“It’s not easy, but it’s a school where we learn every day and let us be loved, without demand and without refusal, without regret, without despair, grateful to God and our brothers for the good we receive, believing for what is still coming.”
He also urged believers not to push fragile from their lives “as it does today a certain mentality. Let’s not ostracize pain from our environment. Instead, let’s make it an opportunity to grow together, to nurture hope.”
In a traditional Sunday blessing, he offered prayers for doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals “who have not always helped work in inadequate conditions, at the time of the victims of aggression. Their mission is not easy and must support and respect them.”
The believers were moved by the pope’s unexpected appearance.
“It was nice, something completely unexpected, because I didn’t think I would see the Pope,” said Pasquale Citroolo of Trapani, Sicily. “Instead, he gave us this gift.”
Linda Elezi, from the Adriatic Coastal Province of Ancona, said she was touched by the Pope’s “surprise”.
“We pray for him every day, and he prays for us, and for peace and for all this, because it is a message of our pilgrimage today: bring peace to the whole world,” she said.
–Barry reported from Milan.
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