Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Joshua McElwee
Today at 03:30
After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14 and returned to the Vatican.
But with his doctors prescribing the 88-year-old pontiff another two months of rest to allow his ageing body to fully heal, it is expected people will not get to see much of the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in the coming weeks.