Watch: Pope Francis greets crowds in Rome before discharge from hospital
On Sunday (March 23) Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks, from a window at Rome's Gemelli hospital, shortly before he was discharged.
Francis, 88, went to hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.
The pope's doctors said on Saturday (March 22) that it would still take "a lot of time" for his ageing body to fully heal, and said they had prescribed the pontiff a further two months of rest at the Vatican.
