Is expected to attract over 30 million pilgrims to Rome this year. Vatican authorities believe the pope’s absence hasn’t had a major effect.
On the number of anticipated pilgrims coming, despite the fact that he has already missed several Jubilee audiences and is certain to miss many more.
The only lengthier hospital stay was that of St. John Paul II, who was admitted to Gemelli for 55 days in 1981 to get minor surgery and treatment for an infection.
