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Pope waves in front of a crowd from the balcony before his release from Rome Hospital Gemeli.

Pope Francis He left the Gemelli University Hospital in Rome shortly after making his first public appearance after a five -week hospitalization.

The 88-year-old, who was adopted on February 14, congratulated his well-wishers on Sunday from a balcony at Gemeli Hospital before his discharge.

Using a wheelchair, as for several years, the Pope smiled, removed, and made a thumb to a group of well -wishers gathered below.

The Pope, whose face looked swollen, appeared in just a few moments.

Francis spoke briefly in a weak voice to thank an elderly woman in the crowd below who had brought yellow flowers.

On Saturday, one of the doctors treating him said that the head of the Roman Catholic Church would be discarded From a hospital on Sunday and will need two months of vacation in the Vatican.

Francis was seen by the public only once during his hospital stay in Photo the Vatican released Last week, showing Pontif in a prayer in a hospital chapel.

In the moments before the appearance of Pontif on Sunday, the crowd of hundreds of well -wishers called for the Pope, chanting “Francis, Francis, Francis.”