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Pope To Return To Vatican After Five-week Hospitalisation

Pope Francis faces a long period of recovery in his residence in the Vatican, his doctors say (Credit: AFP)

Pope Francis is to return to his residence in the Vatican on Sunday after his doctors said that was the best place for him to recover following a five-week hospitalisation for pneumonia.

The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church was "very happy" to hear his health had improved sufficiently for him to leave the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, one of the doctors, Sergio Alfieri, said Saturday.

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