Before leaving the hospital, the Pope gave a thumbs-up to the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony.

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From a balcony, Francis greeted hundreds of people waiting outside the hospital where he had been treated for respiratory ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrives home at Vatican after 5-week hospital stay to beat life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

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For nearly two weeks, Pope Francis has been outside Vatican territory, hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital for a severe respiratory infection. It was a shockwave for the Catholic Church ...