Every morning during Pope Francis' five-week hospitalization, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso arrived at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital chapel carrying yellow flowers, hoping the pope would soon recover.
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00:00Every morning during Pope Francis' five-week hospitalisation, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria
00:09Mancuso arrived at Rome's Gemelli Hospital chapel carrying yellow flowers, hoping the
00:15Pope would soon recover.
00:19On Sunday, her prayers were answered as 88-year-old Francis made his first public appearance from
00:25the hospital balcony and immediately recognised her gesture.
00:55Throughout the Pope's treatment for a severe
01:23respiratory infection, his most serious health crisis in 12 years, Mancuso maintained a rigorous
01:30routine, attending daily Mass at the hospital chapel each morning before travelling by train
01:36each evening to join Rosary prayers at St Peter's Square.
01:41Mancuso first met the Pope in 2017 and has regularly offered him yellow roses symbolic
01:48of the Vatican flag, reflecting widespread affection for Francis amid ongoing concern
01:54over his health.
01:57Doctors have advised Francis two more months of rest at the Vatican.