• Pope Francis is set to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is undergoing treatment for bronchitis.
• “Yesterday went well, with a normal clinical recovery,″ Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. “In the evening (of Thursday), Pope Francis had dinner, eating a pizza, together with all those who are assisting him in these days of the hospital stay.”
• Bruni said that Francis plans to be in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass, which marks the beginning of Holy Week and ushers in a series of solemn public ceremonies that culminate on Easter on April 9.

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