For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him March 16; the image shows him concelebrating Mass that morning in the chapel of his suite of rooms at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a three-quarter view from behind wearing a purple stole typical of Lenten liturgical vestments and sitting in a wheelchair before the altar of his personal hospital chapel.

ROME (AP) - The Vatican on Sunday (March 16) released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the 88-year-old pontiff wearing purple Lenten liturgical vestments while sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.