Pope leaves hospital, quips 'I am still alive'

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 02, 2023 12:24 am

ROME: Pope Francis left the hospital on Saturday after a three-night stay for bronchitis treatment, stopping to say hello to well-wishers and joking he was 'still alive.'

The 86-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic on Wednesday with breathing difficulties, got out of the car transporting him and smiled and joked with the crowd.

EGG-CITING ENCOUNTER Pope Francis presents an apparent Easter egg as a gift to a child while visiting children at the oncology ward of the Gemelli Polyclinic in Italy’s capital Rome on Friday, March 31, 2023, two days after the pontiff was admitted to another ward there for bronchitis. VATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

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