Holy Week is a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of events. But as Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia, observers are on the lookout for surprise appearances.

No one would have imagined just a few weeks ago that Pope Francis would be able to be present for the Easter blessing from the Loggia of Blessings. 'He strongly desires to be present,' the

Vance’s visit to the seat of Catholicism during the Church’s holiest days of the year comes under the shadow of his public tiff with an ailing Pope Francis and in the wake of