The recovering Pope celebrated mass. 'The Angelus will be there on Sunday'

This morning the Pope performed blood tests and a chest x-ray, which confirmed the constant improvement in his general condition. Respiratory physiotherapy sessions continued.

Post-operative recovery allows you to carry out normal daily activities in complete autonomy. This is what we read in the medical bulletin released by the Vatican.

"The Angelus will be there," said the Vatican press office, not specifying where and in what form, responding to journalists who asked if the Pope will recite the Sunday prayer.

At 12 today Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass in the room set up on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Polyclinic. Medical and nursing staff from the hospital, which was off duty at the time, and from the Vatican City State Gendarmerie Corps were present.

"In his homily the Pope thanked all the staff, doctors, nurses, orderlies, for the work they do every day taking care of the sick and their fragility and, in particular, for what they have done and are doing for him", reports the Vatican press office, releasing photos of Leone.

The Pope is "in good spirits" and today "continued his work", the Vatican press office reported.

In the meantime, the Pontiff has appointed two new bishops, we read in the usual 12 noon briefing released every day by the Vatican press office. Even in these days, with the Pontiff hospitalized, there are new appointments in the Bulletin, considering that the files on these decisions are usually closed before the announcement. Today's appointments concern the auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese of Madrid. I am the rev. Fernando Murga Gómez, and the rev. Andrés Martínez Esteban.