Pope Francis blessed a crowd awaiting his arrival in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the Vatican's celebration of Easter Mass. The 88-year-old pope sat in a raised chair in the popemobile,

VATICAN CITY >> Pope Francis entered St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in an open-air popemobile for the first time since surviving double pneumonia, greeting tens of thousands of Catholics after the Vatican’s celebration of Easter Mass.

The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a Vatican aide delivered a papal address that focused on global conflicts.