The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican for at least two months, his doctors said.

A weak and frail Pope Francis has left the hospital and has gone home to the Vatican after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia. View on euronews

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving to people and giving a thumbs up from a balcony of the hospital where he has been battling double pneumonia ahead of his discharge.