Pope Francis appears by surprise in the Plaza de San Pedro at the end of the Mass of Ramos Mass

Pope Francis, who is still convalescent for his health problems, appeared without being planned before the faithful in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano, at the end of the Mass of Palm Sunday.

The 88 -year -old pontiff appeared in the wheelchair and without the nasal canules for oxygen and wanted to greet the faithful after the celebration that marks the beginning of Holy Week.

«Good Palm Sunday, a good Holy Week,» he said briefly at the central altar of the square, where he greeted the Argentine cardinal Leonardo Sandri, in which the Pope delegated to preside over the Mass of Palm Sunday.

Francisco walked among the faithful and stopped to exchange some words with a group of nuns who gave him messages of encouragement, as well as greeted several children, with whom he showed gestures of complicity, while there were shouts of ‘Viva’ the Pope.

This is the last appearance of «surprise» of the Pontiff during his convalescence in his residence of the Santa Marta house, since last March 23 he left the Gemelli Hospital of Rome after 38 days admitted by bilateral pneumonia and other respiratory problems

After his reappearance last Sunday in the Vatican Square, during the jubilee of the sick, Francisco has left on two other occasions of the residence and received by surprise the kings Carlos and Camila, despite the fact that the doctors estimated that he should remain at least two months of rest. EFE