Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving to people and giving a thumbs up from a balcony of the hospital where he has been battling double pneumonia ahead of his discharge.

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving to a crowd from his window at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he was hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs since Feb.

After a brief appearance on the hospital balcony, Francis was discharged and could be seen waving from the back of a car as he left Gemelli Hospital for the first time in five weeks.