Pope Francis shares first audio message since hospitalization: ‘May God bless you’

Pope Francis shares first audio message since hospitalization: ‘May God bless you’

Pope Francis has been stable for two days after suffering a pair of respiratory crises earlier this week

Pope Francis thanks supporters in audio message

The Holy Father sends his thanks to those all over the world who unified in prayer as he battles illness.

Pope Francis waves from the central loggia of St. Peter's basilica during the Easter 'Urbi et Orbi' message and blessing to the City and the World as part of the Holy Week celebrations, in the Vatican on March 31, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)

Girls, with ashes on their foreheads, pray during a rosary prayer for Pope Francis' health in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome on Ash Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)