
Pope Francis to Make 1st Public Appearance in Over a Month Amid Health Battle– Vatican Confirms Date
Pope Francis is set to make his first public appearance in over five weeks as he continues to recover from double pneumonia. The..
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. The institution is known as the Papacy. From the eighth century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The reigning pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.
Pope Francis is set to make his first public appearance in over five weeks as he continues to recover from double pneumonia. The..