The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican for at least two months, his doctors said.

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving to a crowd from his window at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he was hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs since Feb.

ROME—Pope Francis has largely recovered from a life-threatening respiratory infection and is expected to be discharged from hospital on Sunday, according to his doctors. The pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital in mid-February,