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Pope Francis shown praying in hospital chapel in first photo in over a month

Pope Francis celebrates mass in the chapel of the apartment in the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he is being treated. Photo: Vatican Press Office

Pope Francis celebrates mass in the chapel of the apartment in the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he is being treated. Photo: Vatican Press Office

Coleen Barry

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The Vatican has released the first photograph of the Pope for more than a month, showing Francis ­co-celebrating mass in the hospital chapel.

The photograph is taken from behind, and shows Pope Francis, wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestment, sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar.

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