Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday

Doctors who treat him said that Pope Francis will leave Jimili Hospital in Rome on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest in the Vatican.

The 88 -year -old was hospitalized on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that led to double pneumonia.

During the past five weeks, he presented two “very critical rings” as his “life was in danger,” said Dr. Sergio Alviri, one of the doctors who treat the Pope.

Dr. Alfiri said that Pope Francis was never a warehouse and remained always in alert and directed. The Pope was not completely cured, but he no longer has pneumonia and is now in a stable condition, according to his doctors.

“Today, we are pleased to say that tomorrow will be at home,” Dr. Alfiri told reporters on Saturday.

The Pope will provide a blessing from his window at Jimili Hospital on Sunday – the first time that he will appear publicly since he was entering the hospital – before returning to his residence in the Vatican.

His medical team said that patients lose their voice shortly after dual pneumonia and may take time until the sound returned to what it was before.

On Friday, Cardinal Fernandez said that “high flow oxygen dries up” and as a result the Pope needs to re -learn how to speak, “Reuters said.

Doctors said that if the improvement continues, the Pope will be able to return to work as soon as possible.

On Friday, the Vatican had said that the Pope witnessed some improvements in his breathing and movement.

He confirmed that he no longer used mechanical ventilation to breathe at night, but instead he receives oxygen through a small tube under his nose. During the day, oxygen uses less flow.

The audience has not appeared only by the public once since he was entering the hospital, in a The image released by the Vatican last week, Which showed him while praying in the hospital chapel.

Earlier this month, he played an audio recording of Pope Francis, who is speaking in his Spanish hometown of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican city.

His voice was breathless because he thanked the Catholic believers for their prayers.

Pope Francis spent nearly 12 years as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

He suffered a number of health problems throughout his life, including a part of one of his lungs at the age of 21, making him more vulnerable to infection.