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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.

Following a five-week stay at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Pope Francis is set to be dispatched and return back to work in two months.

Pope Francis was first hospitalised on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis

Pope Francis is to leave hospital on Sunday and return to his residence in the Vatican, where he is to spend "at least two months" recovering, one of his doctors announced.

Pope Francis will still require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues to recover back at the Vatican

Pope Francis’ doctors are providing their first in-person update on the pontiff’s condition in a month

Dr. Sergio Alfieri, medical director at Gemelli, stated on Saturday that Pope Francis will need at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues his recovery at the Vatican.

Officials say pontiff will come to the window of his room on Sunday to offer a greeting and blessing

Francis will appear at his room window at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Sunday

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released

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