Pope Francis appeared in the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday 18th, 2023 to make his first public speech after his discharge from the hospital on Friday 16th, 2023.
After praying the Angelus prayer in Latin with the crowd gathered below in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis expressed sympathy to and prayed for the victims of a rebels attack in Uganda, where they mercilessly attacked a school near the Congo border, killing at least 40 students in Mpondwe Lhubiriha secondary school Parts of the Catholic Diocese of Kasese that neighbors D.R. Congo.
Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on June 16. His first stop was to pray before an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Basilica of St. Mary Major and to make a quick private visit to a group of religious sisters, the Institute of the Most Holy Child Mary, who run a guesthouse next to St. Peter’s Square.
The 86-year-old Pope waved and smiled on June 18 as he gave thanks for the prayers and messages that he received during his nine-day stay in the hospital to recover from surgery to repair an incisional hernia.
“I wish to express my gratitude to those who, during the days of my hospitalization at Gemelli Hospital, have shown me affection, care, and friendship, and assured me of prayerful support,” the pope said.
“This human and spiritual closeness has been a great help and comfort to me. Thank you all, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.” he smilingly added.
In his Angelus address, Pope Francis urged Christians to show the world the closeness of God by “performing many deeds of love and hope in the name of the Lord.”
Source: Ugandan Catholics online
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