Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly.
The Pontiff has spent more than three weeks in hospital in Rome, Italy, as he battles with double pneumonia. Stuffed porpoise stomachs and blood custard for the rich, pickled carrots for the poor, and ale for all. Europeans in the Middle Ages ate some weird freaking stuff.
Pope Francis addressed his flock via an audio recording Thursday for the first time since he was admitted last month to the hospital.