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 was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery.