Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday and will need two months of rest at the Vatican, one of the doctors treating him says. Francis, 88, was admitted to a Rome hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.

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. The 88-year-old pontiff has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14,

Pope Francis will greet a crowd from his hospital window on Sunday, his first appearance since he was admitted to the hospital for a respiratory infection five weeks ago.