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The Vat­i­can on Sun­day re­leased the first pho­to­graph of pope in more than a month, show­ing Fran­cis co-cel­e­brat­ing Mass in the hos­pi­tal chapel. The pho­to­graph is tak­en from be­hind, and shows Pope Fran­cis wear­ing a pur­ple stole sit­ting in a wheel­chair in front of an al­tar.

The Vat­i­can said he was par­tic­pat­ing in the cel­e­bra­tion of the Mass with oth­er priests. No one else is vis­i­ble in the pho­to. It is the first pho­to­graph of the pope since he was hos­pi­tal­ized on Feb. 14 with a se­vere case of bron­chi­tis, which de­vel­oped in­to dou­ble pneu­mo­nia. It is al­so the first time the Vat­i­can men­tions that the pope has par­tic­i­pat­ing in cel­e­brat­ing a Mass in the pe­ri­od.