VATICAN CITY Pope Francis was well enough to read the Angelus prayer from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter's Square on Friday (Dec 8), speaking unaided for the first time since suffering from an acute lung inflammation two weeks ago. Marking the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception, the pope later visited the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in.
At the Angelus, Francis returns to look the window above St Peter's Square and personally pronounces his reflection. In the afternoon the traditional homage to Our Lady in Piazza di Spagna, with a prayer for peace in Ukraine, Palestine and Israel and other war-torn lands. A new World Children's Day was announced, to be celebrated for the first time in Rome on 25 and 26 May 2024.