The restoration of Pope Francis surprises the pilgrims in general

As the entrances went, this was unexpected and welcome. This was clear from the loud applause and chants on Sunday, as Pope Francis appeared his first public appearance since he left Roma Hospital two weeks ago.

Francis arrived, without warning, on Des at St. Boutros Square near the end of the bloc, which was part of the Hajj by health care workers and their patients.

The Pope said about very few words, his voice is still tense after the establishment of a six -week hospital due to pneumonia and other problems. He brought it twice close to death.

“On Sunday, happy for everyone, thank you very much,” said Francis, waving with his hands. The nasal canal was visible in both gills. The Vatican said that Francis continues to rely on additional oxygen.

Sitting on a wheelchair pushed by his trusted nurse, Massimiliano Strabity, Francis moved through groups of pilgrims – including dozens of doctors and nurses from all over the world – who came to the Vatican on Sunday at the end of this week Jubilee is a patient and health care workers.

“What a wonderful surprise – the Pope still suffers from health problems but wanted to give a gift to the believers,” said Lamberto Rosa, a businessman who volunteered by Malta in some of the Vatican events. “He has a fighting spirit and wants to be present.”

Francis made a physical appreciation of his herd, dramatic gesture and free style of his features, and his appearance on Sunday indicated that he was determined to continue this approach despite his physical restrictions.

Since he left the hospital in March, he has lived in his wing on the second floor of the Vatican Hospital that he calls home. The Press Office in the Vatican has repeatedly said that Francis did not receive visitors during his engraving, although Friday stated that his speech was improving.

“He must have cost him a lot through it,” said Giuseppe Vanakor, Italy’s president. National Association for Kidney Transplant PatientsWho was present in the square on Sunday. Mr. Vanacore said that he was influenced by the sermon written by the Pope for the Mass, which was read by Cardinal Renault Vesicilla.

Before starting, I told the Cardinal Vesicilla those present that Francis, like many injured people, was watching the Mass on TV.

In the sermon, Francis wrote that he was “a lot with you at this time of my life, dear brothers and sick sisters: the experience of disease, weakness, and having to rely on others on many things, and the need to support them.” This is “not always easy”.

In his traditional blessing on Sunday, the public was announced after the mass, Francis wrote that he prayed “to doctors, nurses and health workers”, who often worked in difficult circumstances. He said: “Their mission is not easy and must be supported and respected,” adding that he hopes that “the necessary resources are invested in treatment and research, so that health systems are comprehensive and pay attention to the most fragile and poorest.”

After the Mass, the Vatican issued a statement saying that Francis had prayed and participated in the traffic rituals through the holy door in the Church of St. Peter, like other pilgrims.

On Friday, in his weekly briefing on the health of Francis, the Vatican said that the Pope “devotes a lot of time to kinetic and respiratory treatment”, indicating improvements in both. He added that the additional oxygen flows that you demand have become less intense, and that blood tests showed that infections in his lungs were also improving.

People clap and chanted when Francis moved through the crowd on Sunday. Some pumped their grip in encouragement, and others wave the flags. “The Pope lives,” they chanted.

“It was a big gesture – showed his suffering,” said Massimiliano Bornna, a nurse from San Camello Hospital in Rome. He described the appearance as a “love act” towards health workers, “something we are trying to transfer to the patients we care about.”