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Francis briefly returns to bless Rome faithful
Irish Daily Star
|April 21, 2025
POPE Francis made a brief appearance yesterday to bless the thousands of people in St Peter's Square in Rome.
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His Easter Sunday arrival drew cheers and applause from the crowd as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia.
Francis said, his voice sounding stronger than it has since his admission to hospital: "Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter."
Francis did not celebrate the Easter Mass in the piazza, delegating it to Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the retired archpriest of St Peter's Basilica.
This story is from the April 21, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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