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Pope Francis is home after a 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening illness

Headline from The Oregonian, on the newest of 2 developments

Catholic faithful have been anxiously following 38 days of medical ups and downs and wondering if Francis would make it.

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  1. Pope Francis will be leaving hospital soon after 38-day stay

    Headline from KTVU San Francisco ·

  2. Newest

    Pope Francis is home after a 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening illness

    Headline from The Oregonian ·

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  1. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    How is Pope Francis today? In latest Pope Francis news, the pope will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors said.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Pope Francis to be discharged after five weeks in hospital – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Doctors treating the pope said he can return to the Vatican on Sunday but will need two months of rest. The 88-year-old pontiff was at one stage critically ill with double pneumonia at a hospital in Rome.

  3. Foxla

    Pope Francis will be leaving hospital soon after 38-day stay (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    After 38 days in the hospital, some of those spent in critical condition, Pope Francis is returning to the Vatican.

  4. Aleteia

    Pope Francis to return to Vatican tomorrow, March 23 (opens Aleteia)

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    Aleteia's feed description

    Doctors announced this afternoon that the Holy Father will be discharged tomorrow, and will need two months of convalescence back at the Vatican.

  5. Time

    Pope Francis Will Be Released From the Hospital, Doctors Say (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said Saturday that Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation.

  6. WMUR

    Pope Francis to be released from hospital on Sunday, doctors say (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday, after 38 days battling life-threatening case of pneumonia

  7. Rolling Stone

    Pope Francis to Be Discharged From Hospital Sunday, Doctors Announce (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital Sunday following a five-week stay battling chronic lung disease, his doctors announced Saturday.

  8. Salt Lake Tribune

    Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital Sunday, doctors say (opens Salt Lake Tribune)

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    Salt Lake Tribune's feed description

    Pope Francis is expected to be released from the hospital Sunday.

  9. CBS 19 Tyler

    Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday after 5 weeks fighting life-threatening pneumonia (opens CBS 19 Tyler)

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    CBS 19 Tyler's feed description

    Francis was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of pneumonia.

  10. KVIA El Paso

    Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on Sunday (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Christopher Lamb, Catherine Nicholls and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis will be discharged on Sunday from the hospital where he has spent more than a month being treated for double pneumonia, Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the head of the team taking care of the pontiff, announced.

  11. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Pope Francis to be released from the hospital Sunday, doctors say (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.

  12. Fox News

    Pope Francis set to be discharged from hospital on Sunday: doctors (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Pope Francis will be released on Sunday from Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, according to a doctor who spoke with Vatican officials on Saturday.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    Pope Francis will be released from the hospital Sunday, doctors say (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Pope Francis is expected to check out of the hospital after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs.

  14. UPI

    Pope Francis to be released from hospital, address worshipers Sunday afternoon (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Pope Francis is scheduled to address a large group of worshipers outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital shortly after noon local time on Sunday, when he is to be released from the hospital.

  15. NBC News

    Pope Francis to be released from the hospital (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Pope Francis is scheduled to be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors said Saturday.

  16. New York Post

    Pope Francis to be released from hospital on Sunday after battling life-threatening illness: doctors (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.

  17. Newsweek

    Pope Francis to return home after month in hospital, doctors say (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Recent updates have indicated that Francis has seen his condition improve despite complications, with the pope saying he no longer feels in imminent danger.

  18. NPR

    Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The pontiff spent over five weeks being treated for bronchitis that evolved into a severe respiratory illness. When he returns to the Vatican, he will need to rest for two months, his doctor said.

  19. Crux

    Pope to exit hospital Sunday after two close calls during five-week stay (opens Crux)

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    Crux's feed description

    Pope Francis’s medical team has announced that after five weeks of hospitalization and two brushes with death, he will be discharged Sunday, but must continue to rest and undergo his various therapies at home.

  20. Al Jazeera

    Pope Francis leaves hospital after first public appearance in five weeks (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pope waves to the crowd from balcony before his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

  21. Daily Journal

    Pope arrives home at Vatican after 5-week hospital stay to beat life-threatening bout of pneumonia (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — A weak and frail Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, making a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery.

  22. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Pope Francis is back home after a 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening double pneumonia (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery.

  23. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Pope Francis arrives home at Vatican after 5-week hospital stay to beat life-threatening pneumonia (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

  24. MyNorthwest

    Timeline of Pope Francis' longest hospital stay as he returns home to Vatican (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    ROME (AP) — Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican on Sunday after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

  25. Los Angeles Times

    Pope returns to Vatican after 5 weeks in hospital for double pneumonia (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

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