Pope Francis leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital after five weeks of treatment, thanks the crowd, and is driven to St. Mary Major Basilica for recovery.

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering.

Pope Francis was discharged from a hospital in Rome on March 23 amid health concerns. The pontiff, who was wheeled out onto the balcony of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital before heading back to the Vatican,