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Pope Francis was discharged from the hospital Sunday after more than five weeks of recovering from pneumonia in both lungs.

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.

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

Over 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy.

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night.

The photo showed the pope wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.

Cardinal Robert McElroy will attend his first official mass since his appointment as the eighth archbishop of Washington on Sunday. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. 

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalization.

The Vatican said Francis had a quiet night at the hospital with the 12th anniversary of his election as pope coming up on Thursday.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the former bishop of San Diego, was installed as the new archbishop of Washington Tuesday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Thousands of people — including local and federal officials, parishioners, and faith leaders — attended McElroy’s installment Mass. Cardinals from around the world and bishops from across the country gathered into…

Cardinals from around the world and bishops from across the country went to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to witness Cardinal Robert McElroy’s installation Mass. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

Doctors declare Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger as a result of pneumonia, but keep him hospitalized.

Pope Francis has issued a message thanking volunteers for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia.

Doctors reported in a Vatican statement on Saturday that Francis has remained stable with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood.

Pope Francis shared an audio recording on Thursday thanking the public for their prayers while he has been hospitalized.

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

Parishioners at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew welcomed the incoming archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy. His official installment is March 11. News4’s Mauricio Casillas has parishioners’ reactions to McElroy’s first Mass.

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Pope Francis remains in stable condition with a guarded prognosis, meaning he is not out of danger.

The Vatican said that Pope Francis no longer needed to wear the mechanical ventilation mask that covers his nose and mouth to pump oxygen into his lungs.