Pope Francis has made his first public appearance after a recent hospital stay.
After five weeks of dealing with double pneumonia, the Pope was released from a Roman hospital and returned to the Vatican, according to CNN.
The Catholic leader left the hospital after making a public appearance on a balcony, where he waved and gave a thumbs up, CNN reported.
“Thank you to everyone!” Francis stated during his appearance, according to Vatican News.
The pontiff was hospitalized last month, and the Vatican reported that he had pneumonia in both lungs.
“The laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and clinical conditions of the Holy Father continue to present a complex picture,” the Vatican stated at the time.
A few weeks later, the Vatican announced that Francis had two episodes of “acute respiratory insufficiency,” and that the pontiff had undergone two bronchoscopies.
“Today, the Holy Father suffered two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency, caused by a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” according to a previous Vatican statement.
