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He’s Alive! First Public Appearance of ‘Pope’ Francis since Hospitalization
Today, Mar. 23, 2025, the Argentinian apostate Jorge Bergoglio (‘Pope Francis’) made his first live public appearance since Feb. 14, defying many people’s expectations.
Around noon local time, the false pope was wheeled onto the balcony of his hospital suite on the 10th floor of the Gemelli clinic in Rome. He greeted the crowd of people gathered and spoke a few words. The entire appearance lasted about 90 seconds.
Here is the video, cued up to the moment when Bergoglio appears (around 8:33 min):
In case the embedded video won’t display, it can be accessed directly on YouTube here.
The Novus Ordo news org Zenit describes Bergoglio’s appearance thus:
The Pope appeared in a wheelchair, visibly swollen and with evident difficulty to speak. He could scarcely raise his hands to greet and then to bless. And the only words he said were for Carmela Vitoria Mancusco, a Roman woman who throughout the year gives flowers to the Pope during the Wednesday General Audiences: “thank you to all. I see that lady with the yellow flowers. She is good.”
(Jorge Enrique Mújica, “Pope Francis Reappears in Public: This Is How He Left the Hospital”, Zenit, Mar. 23, 2025)
Doctors have ordered Francis to spend the next two months in convalescence:
One of the doctors was clear about this: following discharge, they prescribed a two-month period of rest and convalescence and advised against meeting with groups, against strenuous exertion, and advised people who had been scheduled to see him for a long time and who had a small child with a slight case of influenza to respect this situation.
(Jorge Enrique Mújica, “Pope Is Discharged from Hospital, with a Two-Month Prescription for No Public Meetings”, Zenit, Mr. 23, 2025)
The following is an embedded image carousel with a total of four photos (click arrows to advance), including one showing Francis in the car on his way back to the Vatican, wearing nasal cannulae for oxygen:
The following is a collection of links to additional reports covering Francis’ first public appearance since being hospitalized and/or his return to the Vatican:
- Pope Francis makes first public greeting and blessing from hospital (Vatican News)
- Pope returns to Vatican (ANSA)
- Pope returns to Vatican after long hospitalization (OSV News)
- Pope Francis makes first public appearance in weeks (Catholic World Report)
- Pope Francis appears in public, returns to Vatican after long hospitalization (National Catholic Reporter)
- Pope Francis is not slowing down, despite his medical problems (Crux)
- Pope Francis appears at hospital window, then diverts traffic to visit Roman basilica (Crux)
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