Pope Francis today made a pleasant surprise to the faithful who are in St. Peter’s Square when, associates of Pontiff, accompanied him with a wheelchair in front of the royal church.

Francis, who continues to use oxygen after his long -term hospitalization for double pneumonia, greeted the crowd, thanked the pilgrims and wished “good Sunday to all”.

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In today’s message to the faithful, which was again distributed in the press in written form, the Argentine Pope is addressed, in particular, to the patients and underlines:

“Along with you, dear and dear sisters you get in, in this phase of my life I share a lot: the experience of illness, the fact that we feel weak, that we depend on others for so many things, that we need support. It is not easy, but it is a school in which we learn to love and let us love us every day without demanding and removing anyone, without despairing and without denying the past. We are grateful to God for the good we receive, delivered to the Lord with faith, for what is to come to happen. “

According to the Vatican, the 88 -year -old Pontiff breathing, speaks and walks better while gradually decreasing oxygen.

As for the Holy Week of the Catholic Easter, which coincides with the Orthodox this year, the Holy See emphasizes that it is still early to refer to whether the Argentine Pope will be able to dance at the various religious ceremonies.