A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Good Palm Sunday, a good Holy Week," in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.

Pope Francis, continuing his return to public appearances following a recent respiratory infection, unexpectedly addressed the faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, offering prayers for the victims of the devastating nightclub collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Pope Francis, without supplemental oxygen, makes a surprise appearance at the conclusion of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, saying a few words to wish the faithful present a “Good Palm Sunday and a good Holy Week to you all.”