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Pope Francis is to return to his residence in the Vatican on Sunday after his doctors said that was the best place for him to recover following a five-week hospitalisation for pneumonia.

Following a five-week stay at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Pope Francis is set to be dispatched and return back to work in two months.

Dr. Sergio Alfieri, medical director at Gemelli, stated on Saturday that Pope Francis will need at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues his recovery at the Vatican.

Officials say pontiff will come to the window of his room on Sunday to offer a greeting and blessing

Francis will appear at his room window at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Sunday

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released

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The Vatican says Pope Francis is ‘improving’ after spending five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night