A statue of late Pope John Paul II is backdropped by the rooms on the top floor normally used when a pope is hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli hospital, in Rome, Friday, March 31, 2023. Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis as his recovery proceeds in a "normal" way, even had pizza for dinner and will be in St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass, the Vatican said. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ROME – Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.
The 86-year-old Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic where he received antibiotics intravenously.
He left the hospital three days after he was admitted.
Francis sat in the front seat of a white Fiat 500 car, waving to a group of journalists outside of Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday morning.
The Vatican has said the pope will be St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass to mark the start of Holy Week, which culminates on Easter, April 9.
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