“During the visit, which lasted about half an hour, the pope imparted the sacrament of baptism to a baby named Miguel Angel, who was only a few weeks old. At the end he returned to his department,” the Vatican press office said.
📹VIDEO | The Vatican released the first video of Pope Francis at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he baptized a baby boy named Miguel Angel. He is expected to return to the Vatican this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/J6pk05NJak
— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) March 31, 2023
When Pope Francis underwent surgery for diverticulitis in July 2021, he visited the pediatric oncology ward. And in his first outing after that surgery, young cancer patients joined him as he led the Sunday Angelus from a balcony on the 10th floor of the hospital.
The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis may be discharged from the hospital on Saturday after responding well to treatments yesterday.
In two brief statements in the early afternoon of March 31, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni also said Pope Francis is scheduled to be present at the Vatican’s Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 2.
