Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital and convalesce at Vatican

Pope Francis prays at the Gemelli hospital chapel. Photograph: AP

Pope Francis, who is recovering from pneumonia in both lungs, will be ­discharged from Rome’s Gemelli ­hospital on Sunday, his doctors said.

The pontiff, 88, will return home to Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City on “protected discharge”, and he will need to convalesce for two months, Sergio Alfieri, a general surgeon at Gemelli hospital, told reporters.