Convalescing Pope Francis greets Palm Sunday crowds in person | News

The head of the Catholic Church has appeared publicly for the second time since being discharged from hospital after a pneumonia diagnosis.

Pope Francis has held an in-person greeting with the faithful in St Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday in yet another positive public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.

On Sunday, the 88-year-old pontiff wished more than 20,000 people a “happy Palm Sunday, happy Holy Week” as he sat in a wheelchair without nasal…