This Friday, official Vatican sources reported that fortunately, Pope Francis has been recovering satisfactorily from the bronchitis that afflicted him and that led him to spend a couple of days in the hospital, so it will be next Saturday when he is discharged. high.
“The return of His Holiness to Casa Santa Marta (his residence) is scheduled for tomorrow, in light of the results of the latest checks carried out this morning,” announced the spokesman for the Holy See, Matteo Bruni.
Pope Francis, 86, was admitted to the Gemelli hospital in Rome last Wednesday; however, he always made it clear his intention to be present at all the protocol acts corresponding to Holy Week, even though he could not officiate at them.
The doctors have reported that the pope is well and has been evolving satisfactorily from the illness that afflicts him, so they do not see any major setbacks for him to leave the hospital in the next few hours.
The also Bishop of Rome has been treated for bronchitis with antibiotics that have been administered intravenously.
Pope Francis will officiate Mass on Palm Sunday
Despite the fact that Pope Francis has been able to recover, the Vatican is working on a program that allows him to celebrate Easter, so the rites will probably be officiated at the altar by different cardinals but presided over by Francisco.
For the mass this Easter Sunday, according to Bruni, it is thought that the pope is the one who carries it out, although he could be assisted by the vice dean of the College of Cardinals, the cardinal Leonardo Sandri.
For the moment, the Vatican has not confirmed its plans and in what way Francisco will be involved in the different masses, if, for example, he will read homilies or messages like the one he usually pronounces at the end of the Via Crucis on Good Friday, in the Roman Coliseum.
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