The Pope leaves the hospital

Francisco left this Friday the gemelli hospitalfrom Rome, after a nine-day stay as a result of a surgery by P. He came out in a wheelchair at 8:45, quite deteriorated, but smiling.

Before head to the vatican boarding his official car, and sitting in the front seat, thanked the surgeon who operated on him He also greeted the faithful and the great mass of journalists who congregated in the surroundings of the Roman medical center.

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A chronicler for RAI, Italian public television, asked him how he is and the Pope replied: “Still alive”. Francis also prayed in the chapel of Santa María la Mayor.

The hospitalization of the Argentine pontiff surprised on Wednesday of last week, both for being the fourth time it has been entered in the last year, and since it had not been previously announced.

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