
Pope diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma is expected to make his first public appearance by presiding over the Angelus prayer on the 18th
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ji-heon = Vatican News, a Vatican news outlet, reported on this day that Pope Leo
According to reports, the medical staff at Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, said in a statement issued through the Vatican that the Pope underwent a blood test and chest X-ray this morning local time, and it was confirmed that he was fit to be discharged.
The Vatican said in a separate statement that the Pope would be discharged this afternoon and return to the Vatican.
The Pope is scheduled to officiate the Angelus prayer at St. Peter's Square on Sunday, the 18th. This is expected to be his first public action since being hospitalized.
The Pope, who was hospitalized on the 13th with a lung nodule, underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of the lung and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma through a biopsy.
It is unclear whether the tour to South America, including Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, scheduled for the 6th to 17th of next month, will be able to go ahead.
Leo XIV, now 71 years old, is considered to have become pope at a relatively younger age than his predecessors. It is known that he enjoys sports such as tennis and has no special medical history.
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Pope presides over the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square on the 18th
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The Vatican announced that Pope Leo

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