Pope celebrates Palm Sunday Mass after hospital stay, defends the abandoned

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Pope Francis, yesterday, celebrated the Passion Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.

In his homily, he defended the “abandoned” of the world. “No one can be marginalised,” he said before thousands of faithful, with his voice still weak.

On a cloudy morning, Francis wore a long, ivory-coloured coat as he was driven into the square. Ahead of him, scores of prelates and priests and tens of thousands of rank-and-file faithful clutching palm or olive branches filled the square.