Pope Francis Jokes as He Leaves Hospital Ahead of Holy Week

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Pope Francis has been discharged from Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome after being treated for bronchitis. The Vatican has released details of his Holy Week schedule, which includes presiding over Palm Sunday Mass and an outdoor Easter Mass. Francis is expected to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass in a juvenile prison in Rome, but it is unclear whether he will attend the Way of the Cross procession at Rome's Colosseum to mark Good Friday. Before leaving the hospital, Francis comforted a couple whose daughter died at the hospital and signed a boy's arm cast.
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