The Pope will leave the hospital this afternoon four days after his lung operation

Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from hospital and will leave the Gemelli hospital in Rome this Saturday afternoon, four days after the operation in which a malignant tumor was removed. The Vatican announced it in a statement: "Following the doctors' diagnosis this morning, Pope Leo

In another note, the medical team announced: "Following blood tests, the chest x-ray performed this morning and the evaluation of the patient's clinical status, it has been considered that the Holy Father is fit to be discharged."

Leo XIV underwent surgery on Tuesday after the detection of a nodule in a lung, which turned out to be a malignant tumor, as confirmed by the Vatican that same night. The tissue was an adenocarcinoma and was completely removed, and is now being analyzed to determine an accurate diagnosis and the treatment to follow. If it has been removed at an early stage, the intervention may have solved the problem. If, on the other hand, the cancer has spread, the Pontiff will require chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy. It is something that will be known within a period of between 10 and 14 days after the operation, experts estimate. That is, between October 23 and 27.