Currently Pope Francis congratulates the cheerful crowds from the hospital window

Pope Francis welcomed the cheerful crowds from the window of a hospital in Rome, the first time it was seen in a public place since it was admitted in February.

The 88-year-old Ponif will need at least two months of vacation in the Vatican, said the doctors who treat him.

In the last five weeks, he presented “two very critical episodes” in which “his life was in danger,” said Dr. Sergio Alfiery, one of the doctors treating the Pope.