Pope Francis shocked participants in the Vatican this weekend when he made a surprise appearance a few weeks after a disease that left him hospitalized in a deadly state. Sunday, on Place St. Peter’s, the Pope attended a mass dedicated to health workers and patients. The special opportunity marked the first public appearance he made in the Vatican since he fought an aggressive double pneumonia fight last month. He praised the crowd and thanked them. “Good Sunday to everyone,” said Francis, 88 years old. The Associated Press reported that he “sounded stronger” than when he was released from the hospital on March 23. With oxygen in trailer, the pope wore nasal tubes in wheelchair. “It was beautiful, something completely unexpected because I didn’t think I would see the pope,” said Pasquale Citrolo participant, according to the Associated Press. “Instead, he gave us this gift.”
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