Weak-sounding pope releases audio message from hospital

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 07, 2025 10:52 am

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis recorded and released an audio message on Thursday thanking those who have been praying for his recovery, his voice breathless as he nears three weeks in hospital with pneumonia.

'I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I accompany you from here,' Francis said in a message broadcast in St Peter's Square.

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