After leaving the hospital, Pope Francis got out of the car and greeted and blessed the people outside. On Friday, he stopped a couple who lost their daughter last night to pray with them. Then the Holy Father went to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and stood in prayer before the icon of Mary, Salus Papuli Romani.
Vatican news
This morning, Saturday, April 1, Pope Francis was discharged from the A. Gemelli University Hospital, according to a statement from the Holy See press office.
At 10:35 a.m., the Holy Father welcomed the Rector of the Catholic University, Franco Agnelli, with his close collaborators, the Director General of the Polyclinic, Marco Elefanti, the Ecclesiastical Assistant General of the Catholic University, Monsignor Claudio Giuliodori , and the team of doctors and health agents who helped him these days.
After leaving the hospital, Pope Francis got out of the car and greeted and blessed the people outside. Last night, he hugged a couple who had lost their daughter and stopped to pray with them, according to the Vatican press office.
Pope embraces couple who lost their daughter the day before (AFP)
Visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
The Pope visited the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Pope stood in front of the icon of Mary, consigning to prayer the children, the sick and the sick and those who have lost their loved ones, who were diagnosed yesterday in the pediatric oncology and pediatric neurosurgery department of the hospital. dear
After the visit, the Holy Father returned to the Vatican.