Pope Francis left the hospital after a third night in the Roman polyclinic “Agostino Gemelli” and returned to his residence Santa Marta in the Vatican.
His spokesman Matteo Bruni announced this on Saturday.
The Pope thanked the head of the polyclinic, Marco Elfanfi, whose assistants and all doctors and nurses who deal with him these days, says Bruni.
The Pope said the journalist waiting in front of the hospital that he felt uncomfortable after the general audience on Wednesday, but he was “not afraid”.
The Catholic head of the church was treated for bronchitis in the hospital.
Pope Francis claims to celebrate the mass on St. Peter’s Square on St. Peter’s Subsetta on tomorrow’s Palm Sunday.
The Holy Father looked in good shape, but spoke in a quiet voice.
When he left the hospital, he hugged a couple who lost his daughter on Sunday night, as Italian media reported.
During his hospital stay, the Pope surprisingly attended the Department of Children’s Oncology of the Gemelli Hospital on Friday.
The Pope brought the children chocolate eastern eggs, rosaries and books, as the Vatican announced.
With the approximately 30 -minute visit to surprise, Francis also christened a few weeks old.
The head of the Catholic Church, which is spread by the Vatican, can be seen smiling as he baptized the little boy with holy water.
