Jesus  » crying the tears of those who suffer  »

Pope Francis, still in convalescence after the serious pneumonia he suffered recently, appeared on the Balcony of Saint Peter in the Vatican, Sunday, shortly after 12:00 (10:00 GMT), at the end of the Pascal Liturgy, to provide the traditional blessing « Urbi et Orbi.

« Happy Easter! », Pope Francis said, who appeared in a rolling chair and without nasal cans for oxygen, in front of the thousands of believers gathered in Saint Peter Square to celebrate the most important holiday in the Christian calendar.

Pope Francis, 88 years old, did not participate in any of the rituals of the big week, still in convalescence after spending 38 days in the hospital for bilateral pneumonia and was discharged on March 23.

In the homily prepared for the Liturgy of Easter Sunday and which, in its absence, due to convalescence after the respiratory infection, which was recently affected by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, in Saint Peter Square, Pope Francis said that Jesus « cries the tears of those who suffer. »

The Pope at the delegate to officiate this job, attended by about 35,000 people, in Saint Peter Square.

In his homily, the Pope invited the believers to come out « to seek Christ alive, to seek the faces of their brothers and sisters, to look for him in everyday life, to look for him everywhere, except in that grave. »

« He is alive and always stays with us, crying the tears of those who suffer and multiplying the beauty of life in the little gestures of each of us, » the Pope said at the end of the Holy Week.

The pope had another surprise appearance on Saturday, when he went to pray in the basilica of St. Peter before the celebration of the Pascal Vigil from the Holy Saturday.

Pope Francis traveled in the afternoon of the Great afternoon at Regina Coeli prison, near the Vatican, to greet the prisoners, as he did from the beginning of his pontificate.