There have been a chance that Pope Francis, after more than five weeks of stay in Roman polyclinic Gemelli, will show the faithful in the window on the tenth floor. Hopes were awakened by the media of the Vatican gendarmes and technicians who measured the window. Perhaps to install a platform there.
Technicians work in Gemella. Does the Pope prepare a surprise for the Sunday prayer of the Angelus of the Lord? – The Italian Information Agency Aga wonders publishing on its website a recording, which shows works in the hospital window.
The Vatican press office announced on Friday evening that on Sunday it is planned – as before from the beginning of the Pope's hospitalization – a publication of the text of papal considerations for the southern prayer. About possible news in these plans Vatican will inform you on Saturday.
As the media point out, a surprise should not be excluded, which could be indicated by the work in the Gemella window, from which Francis could be seen. A pope with bilateral pneumonia from behind the glass could bless the faithful gathered in the hospital's courtyard.
Source: PAP/EPA/Giuseppe Lami
Pope's health
On Sunday, March 16, the Vatican published the first photo of the pope since he was hospitalized. On Friday, a further slight improvement of its condition was informed.
Saturday Italian press records the statement of his compatriot Franciszek, Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, a prefect of the dicasteries of the science of faith. He said that after high -flow oxygen the Pope “must learn to speak again.” He also expressed the opinion that the “new stage” of the pontificate, which will be “fruitful for the Church and the world”.
According to Cardinal Fernandez, Franciszek will not resign from office. One of the closest associates of the Pope at the same time emphasized that he was feeling good. “His general condition is practically as before,” says the prefect of the dicasteries of the science of faith.
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Source: PAP
Source of the main photo: Reuters