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After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering.
Now, the attention in the Vatican is on how the 88-year-old pontiff will lead the Catholic Church following what has been the worst health crisis of his papacy. The early signs point to the pope’s determination to continue in post, but a lot depends on how much he improves in the coming weeks.
Francis’ convalescence will take place in the Casa Santa Marta, designed as a guesthouse primarily for cardinals taking part in conclaves. He stayed there during the 2013 papal election but never left. It is this…
